Yang Shuo (writer)
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Yang Shuo (, April 28, 1913 – August 3, 1968) was a Chinese
lyricist A lyricist is a songwriter who writes lyrics (the spoken words), as opposed to a composer, who writes the song's music which may include but not limited to the melody, harmony, arrangement and accompaniment. Royalties A lyricist's incom ...
and
essayist An essay is, generally, a piece of writing that gives the author's own argument, but the definition is vague, overlapping with those of a letter, a paper, an article, a pamphlet, and a short story. Essays have been sub-classified as formal ...
born in
Penglai, Shandong Penglai, formerly known as Dengzhou or Tengchow, is a district belonging to the prefecture-level city of Yantai, Shandong Province, in the People's Republic of China. It lies on the northwest corner of the Shandong Peninsula on the southern coas ...
, who produced over a hundred works. He committed suicide 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 ...
by overdose on sedatives. 1913 births 1968 suicides Chinese male short story writers Republic of China essayists People's Republic of China essayists People from Penglai, Shandong Writers from Yantai Suicides during the Cultural Revolution Drug-related suicides in China Suicides in the People's Republic of China 20th-century essayists Republic of China short story writers Short story writers from Shandong Politicians from Yantai People's Republic of China politicians from Shandong {{China-writer-stub