Xiong Zhaozheng (; born December 1953) is a Chinese novelist.

Biography

Xiong was born in Yingshan County, Hubei in December 1953. He worked in Yingshan Culture Centre () by age 22. Xiong started to publish works in 1973. In 1981, Xiong was transferred from Yingshan County to Wuhan. From 1984 to 1986, Xiong served as an associate editor in ''Changjiang Literature and Art''. In 1993, Xiong started to write his historical novel, '' Zhang Juzheng'', which won the

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 t ...

in 2005.

Works

Novellas

* ''Drunkard'' ()

Novels

* '' Zhang Juzheng'' ()

Proses and poems

* ''A Song for My Country'' () * ''In the Mountains'' () * ''A Song for the Girl'' () * ''Magic Bottle'' ()

Awards

* ''Zhang Juzheng'' – 6th

(2005)

References

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