Zhou Daxin (; born 1952), also known by his pen name Pǔdù (). He is a Chinese novelist who was the president of Henan Literature Academy.

Biography

Zhou was born into a family of farming background in

Dengzhou Dengzhou (), formerly Deng County (), is a city in Nanyang, Henan, China. It has an area of and a population of 1,500,000. The urban area is 35 km², and the urban population is 300,000. The city is located in the southwest of Henan provi ...

Henan Henan (; or ; ; alternatively Honan) is a landlocked province of China, in the central part of the country. Henan is often referred to as Zhongyuan or Zhongzhou (), which literally means "central plain" or "midland", although the name is a ...

in 1952. In 1970, after high school, Zhou 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 ...

. Zhou started to publish works in 1979. Zhou graduated from Xi'an Institute of Politics () in 1985, then he entered Lu Xun Literary Institute. Zhou joined the

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 ...

in 1988. In 1999, Zhou became the president of Henan Literature Academy ().

Works

Novellas

* ''Footsteps'' () * ''Silver Ornament'' ()

Long-gestating novels

* ''Walking Out of the Basin'' () * ''The 21 Building'' () * ''Legend of the War'' () * ''The Scenery of the Lake and the Mountain'' () * ''Early Warning'' () * ''Comforting Soul'' ()

Short stories

* ''The Han Chinese Girl'' () * ''The Golden Fields of Barley'' ()

Drama

* ''Woman Sesame Oil Maker'' ()

Translated works (English)

*''After the Finale'' *''Fields of Joy'' *''Longevity Park'' *''The Sons of Red Lake''

Adaptations

One of his works have been adapted for film: * '' Woman Sesame Oil Maker'' (1992) (directed by Xie Fei)

Awards

* Woman Sesame Oil Maker – Berlin Film Festival Golden Bear Award (1999) * Fengmu Literature Prize (2002) * ''The Scenery of the Lake and the Mountain'' – 7th Mao Dun Literature Prize (2008)

References

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