Wang Ruowang
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Wang Ruowang (Chinese: 王若望; pinyin: Wáng Rùowàng; Wade-Giles: Wang Jowang, February 4, 1918—December 19, 2001), born as Shouhua (寿华) but more popularly known from his pen name Ruowang, was a Chinese author and dissident who was imprisoned various times for political reasons by both the Kuomintang and the Communist government of China.
He was a member of the Chinese Communist Party from 1937 to 1957, when he was expelled for "rightist views" and from 1979 to 1987, when he was expelled as an opponent of the Four Cardinal Principles by Deng Xiaoping. After his death in exile in New York City, the Dalai Lama described him as a "Freedom Fighter".
[edit] Works
- Hunger Trilogy, translated by Kyna Rubin with Ira Kasoff. ISBN 087332739X. Review at NY Times
