A Hundred Years of Ba Jin: A Brief Account of His Life and Literary Activities

Author: Li Cunguang
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Publish Date: 2005-11-01
Features: At the age of a century, Ba Jin is an outstanding writer with over seventy years of writing career, an excellent translator, and a dedicated editor, publisher, and fighter who tirelessly pursues human equality, freedom, happiness, and the prosperity of the motherland. He is also a witness and participant of the 20th century. He is a thinker with a deep sense of conscience and responsibility, an explorer who has experienced hardships and twists, and an ordinary, kind-hearted, and pure individual. This book is a concise chronological record of Ba Jin's life and literary activities, divided into three parts and nine chapters. It includes several illustrations to enhance readers' visual understanding of the facts described. The book divides Ba Jin's century-long life journey across the centuries into three major periods: 1904—1943 (Struggling against the Torrent), 1944—1978 (Crossing Mountains and Stones), and 1979 to the Present (Flowing to the Sea), with 1944 and 1979 as the dividing lines. It holds both research value for literary and artistic studies and unique appreciation value, making it an invaluable collectible for Ba Jin enthusiasts!