Shen Congwen's Illustrated Biography

Author: Li Hui
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Publish Date: 2006-08-01
Features: He only had a primary school education but wrote and taught, publishing over 80 works with over 5 million words in his lifetime; he was a strong contender for the 1988 Nobel Prize in Literature but passed away before the award, he is Shen Congwen, a representative figure of the Beijing School of Fiction. Starting in the 1930s, he began using novels to construct his "Xiangxi World," completing a series of representative works such as Border Town and The Long River. Similarly, his prose creations also achieved high artistic achievements. This book vividly records the legendary life of Shen Congwen. Shen Congwen, originally named Shen Yuehuan, was a native of Fenghuang County, Xiangxi, and a representative figure of the Beijing School of Fiction. He began using the pen name "Xiu Yunyun" for his creative work in 1923. Starting in the 1930s, he began using novels to construct his "Xiangxi World," completing a series of representative works. His collected works amount to over 80 volumes, making him one of the most prolific modern writers in terms of published works. His main works include: novels such as Dragon Zhu, Inns and Other Stories, The Stone Boat, Moonlight Scenery, Border Town, and The Long River, essays such as Shen's Autobiography, Reminiscence of Ding Ling, Journey to Xiangxi, and Western Hunan, and literary theories such as Letters from a Wasteland and its sequel, The Candlelight, and Yunnan Sketches. This book vividly records the life of this literary figure.