Cao Wenxuan

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Cao Wenxuan
Born January 1954 (age 60)
Yancheng, Jiangsu
Occupation Novelist
Language Chinese
Nationality Chinese
Alma mater Peking University
Period 1983 - present
Genres Children's literature
Notable work(s) The Grass House
Qingtong Kuihua
Notable award(s) 19th Golden Rooster Award for Best Writing
1999 The Grass House
Huabiao Award
1998 The Grass House
14th Tehran International Film Festival - the Golden Butterfly Prize

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Cao.

Cao Wenxuan (simplified Chinese: 曹文轩; traditional Chinese: 曹文軒; pinyin: Cáo Wénxuān; born January 1954) is a Chinese novelist, he is best known for writing children's literature.[1][2][3][4][5] Cao is now the vice president of Beijing Writers Association.[3][4][5] He also a professor and doctorial tutor in Peking University.[3][4][5] His novels have been translated into English, French, Japanese, and Korean.[3][4][5]

Biography

Cao was born in 1954 in Yancheng, Jiangsu.[3][6] He entered into the Department of Chinese Language and Literature of Peking University in 1974 and started to publish novels in 1983.[3][6]

Works

Novellas

  • 1983 A Cattle without Horns (Chinese: 没有角的牛)
  • 1988 A Small House Buried in The Snow (Chinese: 埋在雪下的小屋)
  • 1988 The Evening Has Come Down Upon The Ancestral Temple (Chinese: 暮色笼罩的祠堂)

Long-gestating novels

  • 1985 The Old Walls (Chinese: 古老的围墙)
  • 1991 Goats Do Not Eat Heaven Grass (Chinese: 山羊不吃天堂草)
  • 1997 Red Tiles and Black Tiles (Chinese: 红瓦黑瓦)
  • 1997 The Grass House (Chinese: 草房子)
  • 1999 The Bird (Chinese: 根鸟)
  • 2000 The Red Tile Roof (Chinese: 红瓦房)
  • 2005 The Thin Rice (Chinese: 细米)
  • 2005 Qingtong Kuihua (Chinese: 青铜葵花)
  • 2005 The Gourd Ladle (Chinese: 天瓢)

Short stories

  • 1986 Mist Covered The Old Castle (Chinese: 云雾中的古堡)
  • 1986 The Dumb Cattle (Chinese: 哑牛)
  • 1989 The Bule Countryside (Chinese: 忧郁的田园)
  • 1992 The Green Fence (Chinese: 绿色的栅栏)
  • 1994 A City under The Water (Chinese: 水下有座城)
  • 1994 The Red Calabash (Chinese: 红葫芦)
  • 1996 The Rose Valley (Chinese: 蔷薇谷)
  • 1997 Sanjiaodi (Chinese: 三角地)
  • 2005 The Windmill (Chinese: 野风车)
  • 2008 Gouyayu (Chinese: 狗牙雨)

Awards

  • Goats Do Not Eat Geaven Grass (Chinese: 山羊不吃天堂草) - 3rd Song Qingling Literature Prize, National Five Top Project Award [3][4][5]
  • The Grass House (Chinese: 草房子) - Bingxin Literature Prize, 4th National Book Award, National Five Top Project Award, 5th Song Qingling Literature Prize, 19th Golden Rooster Award for Best Writing (1999), Huabiao Award (1998), 14th Tehran International Film Festival - the Golden Butterfly Prize [3][4][5]
  • Qingtong Kuihua (Chinese: 青铜葵花) - Bingxin Literature Prize, National Book Award, National Five Top Project Award [3][4][5]

Adaptations

One of his works has been adapted for film:

  • The Grass Gouse (Chinese: 草房子) (directed by Xu Geng)

References

  1. ↑ "曹文轩好文章离不开折腾" (in zh-hans). 光明网. Retrieved 2013. 
  2. ↑ "文学大师曹文轩来兰与师生分享写作感悟" (in zh-hans). Sina. Retrieved 2013. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 曹文轩 (2005-4). 《青铜葵花》之作者简介 (in Simplified Chinese). 凤凰出版社. ISBN 978-7-5346-3336-2. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 曹文轩 (2009-6-1). 草房子作者简介 (in Simplified Chinese). 江苏省: 江苏少年儿童出版社. ISBN 9787534618727. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 曹文轩 (2008-5-1). 山羊不吃天堂草作者介绍 (in Simplified Chinese). 江苏省: 凤凰出版传媒集团、江苏人民出版社. ISBN 9787214050625. 
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Cao Wenxuan [ China ]". internationales literaturfestival berlin. Retrieved 2006. 
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