Li Guowen (; 24 August 1930 – 24 November 2022) was a Chinese novelist who was the director of

China Writers Association China Writers Association or Chinese Writers Association (CWA, ) is a subordinate people's organization of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles (CFLAC). Founded in July 1949, the organization was initially named the China National Lite ...

. Li was a member of the

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Biography

Li was born in

Shanghai Shanghai (; , , Standard Chinese, Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is one of the four Direct-administered municipalities of China, direct-administered municipalities of the China, People's Republic of China (PRC). The city is located on the ...

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in August 1930. In 1947, he was accepted to Nanjing Academy of Drama and graduated in 1949. After graduation, Li went to

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and he entered North China University of Technology. When the

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broke out in 1950, Li joined the

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, he went to

North Korea North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korean Peninsula and shares borders with China and Russia to the north, at the Yalu (Amnok) and T ...

and served as a writer in the Chinese People's Liberation Army Naval Song and Dance Troupe, after the war, Li returned to Beijing, he worked in China Railway Federation of Trade Union () as an editor. In July 1957, Li published his short story ''Re-election'' (《》) in ''People's Literature'' (《》), then he was divided into right winger, and he was sent to a construction plant to work. In 1978, Li joined the China Railway Song and Dance Troupe (). Li joined the

in 1982 and he joined the

in 1983. On 24 November 2022, he died of an illness in

, at the age of 92.

Works

Novel

*''Spring in Winter'' ()

Short story

* ''Re-election'' () * ''Lunar Eclipse'' () * ''History of the Dangerous Building'' ()

Proses and poems

* ''The Art of Swearing'' () * ''Everyday Language'' ()

Translated works (English)

* ''Spring in Winter: Volume 1'' * ''Spring in Winter: Volume 2''

Awards

* ''Spring in Winter'' – 1st

Mao Dun Literature Prize Mao Dun Literature Prize () is a prize for novels, established in the will of prominent Chinese writer Mao Dun (for which he personally donated 250,000 RMB) and sponsored by the China Writers Association. Awarded every four years, it is one of ...

(1982) * ''Lunar Eclipse'' – 3rd National Excellent Short Story Award * ''History of the Dangerous Building'' – 4th National Excellent Short Story Award * ''Everyday Language'' – 2nd Lu Xun Literature Prize

References

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