Occupation Novelist Genre Historical novel Books Zhang Zhidong: Hei yu Period 1986 - 2002 | Nationality Chinese Role Novelist Name Tang Haoming | |
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Tang Haoming (Chinese: 唐浩明; pinyin: Táng Hàomíng; born October 1946), born as Deng Yunsheng (simplified Chinese: 邓云生; traditional Chinese: 鄧雲生; pinyin: Dèng Yúnshēng), is a Chinese novelist. He is best known for writing biographical novels of Zeng Guofan, Zhang Zhidong, and Yang Du. He is now the vice president of Hunan Writers Association.
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Biography
Tang was born in 1946 in Hengyang, Hunan, Republic of China, which was also the hometown of Wang Fuzhi. He was a graduate student in water conservancy at the Central China College of Water Conservancy. After graduation, he worked in a farm and hydropower station as a technician.
In 1966, the Cultural Revolution was launched by Mao Zedong, at this time, he read the Twenty-Four Histories. With the resumption of the University Entrance Examination in 1977, he was accepted to the Central China Normal University and graduated in 1982. After graduation, he worked in Yuelu Publishing House as an editor.
In 1986, Tang became famous for his novel, Zeng Guofan. In 2002, Tang published the novel Zhang Zhidong. He no longer writes, so this book has become his last novel.