Selected Prose Works of Miao Chongqun

Author: Miao Chongqun Xiong Rong
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Publish Date: 2004-08-01
Features: Miao Chongqun, pen name Zhongyi, was born in Huai'an, Jiangsu in 1907 into an intellectual family. His life was fraught with hardships, marked by poverty and illness. In January 1945, at the height of his fame, he suddenly passed away in Chongqing's Beidian Jiangsu Hospital at the age of 38. Miao Chongqun was a versatile writer with a prolific output, excelling in fiction, prose, and translation. However, his life's work was primarily dedicated to prose writing. He began publishing his works in 1928, and over the next decade, he produced six prose collections in just that short time: The Taste of Dew (February 1933, Beijing Xingyun Tang edition), To the Healthy (November 1933, Shanghai Liangyou edition), The Ruins (September 1939, Shanghai Cultural Life Press edition), The Summer Insect (July 1940, Shanghai Cultural Life Press edition), Notes from Stone Screen (January 1942, Shanghai Cultural Life Press edition), and Affectionate Grass (August 1942, Shanghai Cultural Life Press edition). After his passing, his close friend Han Shixi and Ba Jin compiled and edited two more prose collections for him: New Dew (February 1946, Shanghai International Cultural Service Society edition) and Notes Under the Stele (November 1948, Shanghai Cultural Life Press edition). Additionally, many of his works remain uncollected and are scattered across various periodicals of the time. Miao Chongqun's prose reflects, from one perspective, the social realities and customs of that era, leaving behind his own life path and ideological imprints, showcasing his unique style and development in prose writing.