Jin Yucheng (; born 18 December 1952) is a Chinese novelist. He is best known for ''Blossoms'', one of the few novels written in Shanghainese, which won the Mao Dun Literary Prize (2015), one of the most prestigious literature prizes in China.

Biography

Jin Yucheng was born into a wealthy family in

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, on December 18, 1952. His father was a Communist revolutionary who worked under Pan Hannian and served as a government official in Shanghai. Jin is the second child of three children, with an elder brother and a younger sister. After Pan Hannian was purged in March 1954, Jin's father was stripped of his post and was also placed under investigation. Two years later, his father was released and sent to work at a cement plant in Huzhou,

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. In July 1969, 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 ...

, Jin and his brother worked as

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at Nenjiang Farm in

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. They stayed there for eight years, until 1977 they returned to Shanghai. After the Cultural Revolution, his father was rehabilitated. Jin was transferred to Huxi Workers' Culture Palace. Jin started to publish works in 1985, at the age of 33. His maiden effort ''The Lost River'' was published by ''Mengya'' magazine, which won a national essay contest sponsored by ''Mengya'' magazine. He entered a Youth Writing Workshops, which was set up by the Shanghai Writers Association. In 1988, his novel, ''The Wind Birds'', won a fiction Award sponsored by ''Shanghai Literature''. At the same year, he was transferred to Shanghai Writers Association and worked as an editor of ''Shanghai Literature''. In 2012, Jin Yucheng published the novel ''Blossoms'', written in the Shanghainese dialect of

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, has gained popularity nationwide and won several literary awards: the 2nd Shi Naian Literature Prize, the 1st

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, and 9th Mao Dun Literature Prize.

Novel

* ''Blossoms'' ()

Awards

* ''Blossoms'' – 2nd Shi Naian Literature Prize, the 1st

, 9th Mao Dun Literature Prize

References

External links

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