Hu Feng's Notes

Author: Hu Feng
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Publish Date: 2000-01-01
Features: Hu Feng, originally named Zhang Guangren, also used pen names such as Gu Fei, Gao Huang, and Zhang Guo. He was a modern literary theorist, critic, and translator. During his youth, influenced by revolutionary trends, he joined the Communist Youth League of China and participated in the leftist literary movement, becoming an active critic of leftist literature. He led the Research Department of the China Association for Promoting Cultural and Artistic Resistance to Japan. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he was elected as a member of the Chinese Writers' Federation and a standing committee member of the National Committee of the Chinese Association of Writers. Hu Feng was a diligent and active critic, whose theoretical activities covered a wide range of topics, including various literary genres and writers both within and outside China. This collection of letters and manuscripts includes thirty-three of Hu Feng's letters, diaries, and drafts of his works, making it a valuable resource for the study of modern and contemporary literary history and Hu Feng's literary theory.