Wang Zengqi (Chinese: 汪曾祺; pinyin: Wāng Zēngqí) (1920–1997) is a contemporary Chinese writer. He is famous for his short stories and essays. He is regarded as the successor of Beijing School Writers. He is also considered the last Chinese literary intelligentsia(中国最后一个士大夫).[1]
Wang Zengqi was born in a squire family in 1920 in Gaoyou, Jiangsu province. In 1939, he enrolled into literature college of National Southwestern Associated University. He was tutored by Shen Congwen during his university life and then he started writing in 1940. After graduation, he became a teacher for several years in Kunming and Shanghai.And he published his first collection of short stories—邂逅集. In 1948, he got a job in a museum. He became an editor after he transferred to Beijing. During the Great Cultural Revolution，he transferred to Zhangjiakou to do the grass-roots work. He had created several works when the revolution was over. After 1979, he restarted writing. Most of his representative works were created during the period.[2]
Collections of short story
Short story
Collections of essays