Liang Xiaosheng

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Liang Xiaosheng
Native name
梁晓声
BornLiang Xiaosheng (梁绍生)
(1949-09-22) September 22, 1949 (age 74)
Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
OccupationNovelist, screenwriter
LanguageChinese
Alma materFudan University
Period1979–present
GenreNovel, screenplay
SubjectSent-down youth
Notable worksThe Human World
The Floating City
A Red Guard's Confessions
The City of Snow

Liang Xiaosheng (simplified Chinese: 梁晓声; traditional Chinese: 梁曉聲; pinyin: Liáng Xiǎoshēng; born 22 September 1949) is a Chinese novelist and screenwriter.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] Liang is a member of China Writers Association.[8][6][7] He is also a professor at Beijing Language and Culture University.[8][6][7] His novels have been translated into English, French, Japanese, Russian, and Italian.[8][6][7][9]

Biography[edit]

Cup and dictionary Liang Xiaosheng used at Great Northern Wilderness

Liang was born in Harbin, Heilongjiang in 1949, with his ancestral hometown in Rongcheng, Shandong.[4][8][6][7][10]

In 1966, when the Cultural Revolution was launched by Mao Zedong, Liang graduated from Harbin 29th High School (Chinese: 哈尔滨第二十九中学). Two years later, Liang went to the Great Northern Wilderness and worked in Shenyang Military Region.[6][7]

In 1974, Liang was accepted to Fudan University and graduated in 1977.[4][6] After graduation, he was assigned to Beijing Film Studio as an editor. In 1988, Liang was transferred to China Children's Film Studio.[6]

Liang started to publish novels in 1979. His most well-known works are The Floating City (Chinese: 浮城), A Red Guard's Confessions (Chinese: 一个红卫兵的自白), From Fudan University to Beijing Film Academy (Chinese: 从复旦到北影), The City of Snow (Chinese: 雪城), and The Depressed Chinese (Chinese: 郁闷的中国人).[7]

Works[edit]

Novellas[edit]

  • The World's Life (Chinese: 人间烟火)
  • There Is A Storm Tonight (Chinese: 今夜有暴风雨)[6]

Novels[edit]

  • Pretty Women (Chinese: 伊人伊人)
  • The Floating City (Chinese: 浮城)
  • A Red Guard's Confessions (Chinese: 一个红卫兵的自白)
  • From Fudan University to Beijing Film Academy (Chinese: 从复旦到北影)
  • The City of Snow (Chinese: 雪城)
  • The Depressed Chinese (Chinese: 郁闷的中国人)[8]
  • The Human World (Chinese: 人世间)

Short stories[edit]

  • If Heaven Has Feelings (Chinese: 天若有情)
  • Death (Chinese: 死神)
  • This Is A Mystical Land (Chinese: 这是一片神奇的土地)[7]

Awards[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Yang Xu (阳煦) (2022). 梁晓声:爱在人间烟火处 [Liang Xiaosheng: love is in the world]. Culture and History Vision (in Chinese). 628. Yuhua District, Changsha, Hunan: Integrated Media Center of the Hunan Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference: 72–73. ISSN 1672-8653.
  2. ^ Gesang (格桑) (2022). "Liang Xiaosheng: I write Human World because I believe there are many good people" 梁晓声:写人世间,是因为我相信好人多. 青年文摘 [Youth Literary Digest] (in Chinese). Vol. 741. Beijing: China Youth Press. pp. 20–21. ISSN 1003-0565.
  3. ^ Zi Yun (紫云) (2022). 梁晓声:人生就是解决一个个的问题 [Liang Xiaosheng: life is about solving problems one by one]. Youth Digest (in Chinese). 363. Beijing: China Youth Press: 12–13. ISSN 1673-4955.
  4. ^ a b c 著名作家梁晓声简介. sina (in Chinese). 27 November 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-12-02.
  5. ^ Liang Xiaosheng (2012-03-01). 《郁闷的中国人》之作者简介 (in Chinese). Beijing: Guangming Daily House. ISBN 9787511221469.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Liang Xiaosheng (2009-06-01). 《今夜有暴风雪》之作者简介 (in Chinese). Wenhui Press. ISBN 9787807415541.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Liang Xiaosheng (2010-08-01). 《这是一片神奇的土地》之作者简介 (in Chinese). Beijing: Xinhua Press. ISBN 9787501192953.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h "Liang Xiaosheng".
  9. ^ "Author Liang Xiaosheng talks about how when the CPPCC members".
  10. ^ "Liang Xiaosheng - a Well-known Contemporary Writer". Culture China. Archived from the original on 2013-05-12.