biography
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Mao Dun
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also spelled Mao Tun, pseudonym of Shen Yen-ping
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pronunciation:
[mow dun]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1896–1981)
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| biography:
| Writer, born in Ch'ing-chen, SC China. He studied at Beijing University, was a founder-member of the Literary Research Society, and editor of the (trans titles) Short Story Monthly (1921–3) and the Hankow National Daily. In 1930 he helped to organize the influential League of Left-Wing Writers, and his major works include a best-selling novel, Ziye (1932, Midnight). After the Communists came to power in 1949 he was China's first minister of culture (1949–65), and founder-editor of the literary journal People's Literature (1949–53). During the Cultural Revolution he was kept under house arrest in Beijing (1966–78). |
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