Ye Wenling (; born 4 November 1942) is a Chinese novelist. She was a member of the 6th, 7th and 8th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.

Biography

Ye was born in Chumen Town, Yuhuan,

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, China in 1942. She has a brother, Ye Peng (). Ye published her first short stories ''A Couple of Things'' () and ''Seven Cents'' () when she was 13 years old. In 1957, Ye enrolled in the Huangyan High School (), but she dropped out when her brother Ye Peng was labeled as a

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by the government. Later, Ye worked in kindergarten and factory in the day and wrote short stories at night. She published her short stories ''Xuemei and Me'' (), ''Love Thy Neighbours'' () and ''Fenghuang A'jiao'' () in ''East Sea'' (). From 1966 to 1976, during the

Cultural Revolution The Cultural Revolution, formally known as the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, was a sociopolitical movement in the People's Republic of China (PRC) launched by Mao Zedong in 1966, and lasting until his death in 1976. Its stated goa ...

, Ye published her short story ''When The Monthly Plan Was Finished'' () in the ''Literature and Art Works'' (). In 1977, Ye published her short stories ''Danmei'' (), ''Snowing in the Chinese New Year's Eve'' () and ''The Chinese New Year's Eve Dinner'' () in the ''People's Literature''. In 1979, Ye joined the China Writers Association and worked in Henan Literature and Art Association. In 1980, Ye wrote the short stories ''Xinxiang'' (), ''The Cane Chair'' () and ''The Chinese Forget-Me-Not'' (). In the same year, she won the National Excellent Short Story Award. In 1986, Ye moved to

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and worked for the Zhejiang Writers Association. In 1990, she became the vice president of the Zhejiang Literature and Art Association. In 1992, she became president of the Zhejiang Writers Association and the Mao Dun Faculty of Arts. From 1990 to 1995, Ye published novels ''Wumenggu'' (), ''Wuweichuan'' () and ''Wuyoushu'' ().

Works

Long-gestating novels

* ''Wumenggu'' () * ''Wuweichuan'' () * ''Wuyoushu''()

Short stories

* ''A Couple of Things'' () * ''Seven Cents'' () * ''Xuemei and Me'' () * ''Love Thy Neighbours'' () * ''Fenghuang A'jiao'' () * ''Danmei'' () * ''Snowing in The Chinese New Year's Eve'' () * ''The Chinese New Year's Eve Dinner'' () * ''Xinxiang'' () * ''The Cane Chair'' () * ''The Chinese Forget-Me-Not'' ()

Awards

* National Excellent Short Story Award (1980) * Chinese Culture Creation Outstanding Achievement Award (1995,

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) * Lu Xun Literary and Art Prize (1997)

Personal life

In 1962, Ye married Wang Keqi () in

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, Wang was a graduate student at

Fudan University Fudan University () is a national public research university in Shanghai, China. Fudan is a member of the C9 League, Project 985, Project 211, and the Double First Class University identified by the Ministry of Education of China. It is als ...

References

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