Selected Works of Xiao Hong

Author: Xiao Hong
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Publish Date: 2004-12-01
Features: Xiao Hong, an outstanding female writer in the history of modern Chinese literature, created classics that have left a lasting legacy in literary history during her brief career. This book selects renowned masterpieces of fiction and prose from Xiao Hong's works, essentially summarizing the author's creative style and development. Xiao Hong, originally named Zhang Naiying, also used the pen name Qiao Yin. She was from Hulan, Heilongjiang. Orphaned in childhood, she attended high school in Harbin in 1928 and was exposed to progressive ideas and Chinese and foreign literature since the May Fourth Movement. She was particularly influenced by the works of Lu Xun, Mao Dun, and the American writer Upton Sinclair. Due to her dissatisfaction with the feudal family and arranged marriage, she left home in 1930 and faced numerous hardships. In 1932, she lived with Xiao Jun and met many progressive literary figures, participating in anti-Japanese and anti-Manchu propaganda activities. In 1933, she self-funded the publication of the collection of works "Trekking" with Xiao Jun. With Lu Xun's help and support, she published her breakthrough work, the short story "Field of Life and Death" (beginning to use the pen name Xiao Hong), which made her name in the literary world. In 1936, to escape her spiritual distress, she traveled to Japan and wrote essays such as "A Solitary Life" and long narrative poems like "Grains of Sand" in Tokyo. In 1940, she arrived in Hong Kong with Du Mu Xiangliang and soon published the novella "Ma Bohle" and the famous novel "The Story of Hulan River." In 1942, after enduring countless hardships, she passed away in Hong Kong at the age of 31.
Xiao Hong, an outstanding female writer in the history of modern Chinese literature, created classics that have left a lasting legacy in literary history during her brief career. This book selects renowned masterpieces of fiction and prose from Xiao Hong's works, essentially summarizing the author's creative style and development. Xiao Hong, originally named Zhang Naiying, also used the pen name Qiao Yin. She was from Hulan, Heilongjiang. Orphaned in childhood, she attended high school in Harbin in 1928 and was exposed to progressive ideas and Chinese and foreign literature since the May Fourth Movement. She was particularly influenced by the works of Lu Xun, Mao Dun, and the American writer Upton Sinclair. Due to her dissatisfaction with the feudal family and arranged marriage, she left home in 1930 and faced numerous hardships. In 1932, she lived with Xiao Jun and met many progressive literary figures, participating in anti-Japanese and anti-Manchu propaganda activities. In 1933, she self-funded the publication of the collection of works "Trekking" with Xiao Jun. With Lu Xun's help and support, she published her breakthrough work, the short story "Field of Life and Death" (beginning to use the pen name Xiao Hong), which made her name in the literary world. In 1936, to escape her spiritual distress, she traveled to Japan and wrote essays such as "A Solitary Life" and long narrative poems like "Grains of Sand" in Tokyo. In 1940, she arrived in Hong Kong with Du Mu Xiangliang and soon published the novella "Ma Bohle" and the famous novel "The Story of Hulan River." In 1942, after enduring countless hardships, she passed away in Hong Kong at the age of 31.