Native name 姚雪垠 Period 1935–1999 | Role Novelist Occupation Novelist Name Yao Xueyin | |
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Pen name Xuehen (雪痕)Xue (雪)Chensi (沉思)Yao Dongbai (姚东白) Died April 29, 1999, Beijing, China | ||
Yao Xueyin (Chinese: 姚雪垠; pinyin: Yáo Xuěyín; 10 October 1910 – 29 April 1999) was a Chinese novelist who was a member of China Writers Association. Yao was a member of the 5th, 6th, 7 th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. Yao used his fortune posthumously to institute the Yao Xueyin Historical Novel Prize (姚雪垠长篇历史小说奖).
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Biography
Yao was born into a family of landlord background in Dengzhou, Henan in 1910. In 1930, Yao was expelled for taking part in student movement from Henan University. In 1940s, Yao started to write the novel Li Zicheng.
In 1950s. Yao worked in Wuhan, and shortly taught at Central China Normal University. In 1957, Yao was labeled as a rightist by the government and he was sent to a farm to work. In 1961, he was rehabilitated by Mao Zedong, and he returned to Wuhan.
In 1963, Yao published his novel Li Zicheng volume 1 by the China Youth Publishing House (中国青年出版社).
During the Cultural Revolution was launched by Mao Zedong, his novel Li Zicheng was regarded as a banned book, Red Guards of the Cultural Revolution had attacked him, but Mao Zedong protected him against the attack.
In 1977, Yao published his novel Li Zicheng volume 2, which won him the first-time Mao Dun Literature Prize, a prestigious literary award in China.
In 1999, Yao died in Beijing Fuxing Hospital (北京复兴医院).
Novellas
Long-gestating novels
Personal life
At the age of 21, Yao married Wang Meicai (王梅彩). The couple had four children (three sons and one daughter).
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Daughter: