Liu Yumin (; born February 1951) is a Chinese novelist who was the vice president of Shandong Literature and Art Association.

Biography

Liu was born into a family of farming background in

Jinan Jinan (), Postal Map Romanization, alternately romanization of Chinese, romanized as Tsinan, is the Capital (political), capital of Shandong province in East China, Eastern China. With a population of 9.2 million, it is the second-largest city i ...

Shandong Shandong ( , ; ; Chinese postal romanization, alternately romanized as Shantung) is a coastal Provinces of China, province of the China, People's Republic of China and is part of the East China region. Shandong has played a major role in His ...

. His father died young, his mother died in 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 ...

. After meddle school, Liu worked in a local

people's commune The people's commune () was the highest of three administrative levels in rural areas of the People's Republic of China during the period from 1958 to 1983, until they were replaced by townships. Communes, the largest collective units, were div ...

. Liu joined the

People's Liberation Army The People's Liberation Army (PLA) is the principal military force of the China, People's Republic of China and the armed wing of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The PLA consists of five Military branch, service branches: the People's ...

in 1970 and he started to publish works in 1971. From 1971 to 1981, Liu was serving in the Jinan Military Region. In 1982, Liu was transferred to Jinan Literature and Art Association. He was appointed the president of Jinan Writers Association, the vice president of Shandong Literature and Art Association, and the president of Shandong Painting Academy.

Works

Dramas

* ''The Sunlight'' () * ''The Four Women'' () * ''The Yellow River'' ()

Novels

* ''Unsettled Autumn'' () * ''The Shofar'' () * ''Guolongbing'' () * ''Journey to the East'' ()

Reportages

* ''The Dream of City'' () * ''Biography of the Oriental Man'' ()

Proses and poems

* ''Loving You Every Day'' () * ''Shandong Zhuzhi Poem'' ()

Awards

* ''Unsettled Autumn'' – 4th

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 ...

(1998)

References

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