Sha Yexin (; 13 July 1939 in

Nanjing Nanjing (; , Mandarin pronunciation: ), Postal Map Romanization, alternately romanized as Nanking, is the capital of Jiangsu Provinces of China, province of the China, People's Republic of China. It is a sub-provincial city, a megacity, and t ...

– 26 July 2018) was a Chinese

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and short story writer. Sha finished his first one-act play, ''Yi fen qian'' 《一分钱》 (''One Cent''), in 1965. Later works include his plays ''Haohao xuexi'' 《好好学习》 (''Diligent study''); ''Yesu, Kongzi, Pitoushi Lienong'' 耶稣·孔子·披头士列侬 (''Jesus, Confucius and Beatles‘ Lennon''); ''Makesi mishi'' 《马克思秘史》 (''Marx's Secret History''); ''Xunzhao nanzihan'' 《寻找男子汉》 (''Looking for a Real Man'') and his short story titled ''Wu biaoti de duihua'' 《无标题对话》 (''Untitled dialogue'')''.'' His play ''The Impostor'' 《假如我是真的》 ''(If I Were for Real)'' was written together with fellow playwrights Li Shoucheng and Yao Mingde and later made into a movie directed by Wang Tong. Sha became head of the Shanghai People's Art Theatre in 1985. Sha met with

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in 2007, regarding

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issues in

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."Beijing pledges crackdown on international hackers"
''Financial Times'', 28 August 2007

References

1939 births 2018 deaths Chinese dramatists and playwrights Charter 08 signatories People's Republic of China writers Writers from Nanjing Shanghai Theatre Academy alumni {{China-writer-stub