Wang Shuo

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Wang Shuo

Image:Wang Shuo.jpg
Born:	August 23, 1958 Nanjing, China
Occupation(s):	novelist, short story writer, screenwriter, columnist
Genre(s):	novel, satire

Wang Shuo (born in August 23, 1958) (Chinese:王朔, pinyin: wángshuò) is a Chinese author, director, actor, and cultural icon. He has written over 20 novels, television series and movies. His work has been translated into Japanese, Franch, English, Italian, and many other languages.He has enormous cultural status in China and and has become an nationally celebrated author.

[edit] background

He grew up in an army district in Beijing. When he was an adolecent, his parents were sent to the countryside as part of the Cultural Revolution. Him and his brother lived alone in Beijing along with other children of same backgrounds. This period of time is marked by rebellion, fighting and jail. He joined the navy as a medical assistant where he spent four year. He later persued the career as a writer. Many lines of his works have become the popular slang of the time. Stephen King said "Every word Wang says will become the hit on the street tomorrow. He is the most influential icon in China." Recently, Wang has turned down an offer from the Francis Ford Coppola's production company.

[edit] Political Controversial

Wang Shuo is described by the Chinese government as a 'spiritual pollutant' for his hooligan style of writing. His work descripe the cultural confused generation after the Cultural Revolution, marked by rebellious behavior. His collected works were banned in China in 1996, and recently revoked. Despite opposition from the government, Wang Shuo is a national best seller in China and had influenced a whole generation of Chinese readere. with over 20 novels and 10 million copies in print, Wang Shuo's influence goes from students to workers, from drifters to intellgence. His works mark the beginnning a new writing style in China. He influences many new author in China. His satire is less of a direct confrontation with the Communist autocracy as a mockery of their lack of cool and an utter indifference to any political or nationalistic correctness. [1]

[edit] Works

Meng xiang zhao jin xian shi (2006) screenplay

-Dreams May Come (English title)

Kan shang qu hen mei (2006) screenplay, based on novel "Could be Beautiful"

-Guerra dei fiori rossi, La (Italy) -Little Red Flowers (English title)

Wo ai ni (2003) screenplay

-I Love You (English title)

Love the Hard Way (2001) screenplay

-(based on novel "Yi Ban Shi Huo Yan, Yi Ban Shi Hai Shui")

Baba (2000) director/screenplay, based on novel Wo shi ni baba

-Father/Papa (English title)

Yi sheng tan xi (2000) novel/author

-A Sigh (English title)

Yangguang Canlan de Rizi (1994) (based on novel Wild Beast) screenplay

-In the Heat of the Sun (English Title)

Yong shi wo ai (1994) novel/author

-Gone Forever with My Love (English title)

Xiao shi de nu ren (1993) novel/author

-The Vanished Woman (English title)

Qingchun wu hui (1991) novel/auhor, screenplay

-No Regrets About Youth (English title)

Lun hui (1988) novel/author, screenplay

-Samsara (English title)

Wan zhu (1988) screenplay, based on novel

-The Troubleshooters (English title)