biography
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Lu Xun
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also spelled Lu-hsün or Lu-hsin
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pronunciation:
[loo shün]
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| lived:
| (1881–1936)
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| biography:
| Writer and revolutionary, born in Shaoxing, E China. He studied as a doctor, but by 1913 was professor of Chinese literature at the National Peking University and National Normal University for Women. In 1926 he became professor at Amoy University, and later dean of the College of Arts and Letters at Yixian University, Canton. His career as an author began with his famous short story, ‘Diary of a Madman’ (1918), followed in 1921 by The True Story of Ah Q, his most successful book, translated into many languages. A revolutionary hero, he was posthumously adopted by the Chinese Communists as an exemplar of Socialist Realism. He is regarded by many as the outstanding 20th-c Chinese writer, comparable in status to Gorky. His stories have been filmed in China since the 1950s. |
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