Li Guowen

Li Guowen
Native name	李国文
Born	(1930-08-24) August 24, 1930 Shanghai, China
Occupation	Novelist
Language	Chinese
Alma mater	Nanjing Academy of Drama North China University
Period	1976 - present
Genre	Novel, prose
Notable works	Spring in Winter
Notable awards	1st Mao Dun Literature Prize 1982 Spring in Winter 2nd Lu Xun Literary Prize

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

Li Guowen (simplified Chinese: 李国文; traditional Chinese: 李國文; pinyin: Lí Guówén; born 24 August 1930) is a Chinese novelist who was the director of China Writers Association.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] Li is a member of the Chinese Communist Party.^[5]

Biography

Li was born in Shanghai, Republic of China in August 1930.^[1]

In 1947, he was accepted to Nanjing Academy of Drama and graduated in 1949. After graduation, Li went to Beijing and he entered North China University.

When the Korean War broke out in 1950, Li joined the People's Liberation Army, he went to North Korea and served as a writer in the Chinese People's Liberation Army Naval Song and Dance Troupe, after the war, Li returned to Beijing, he worked in China Railway Federation of Trade Union (中国铁路总工会) as an editor.

In July 1957, Li published his short story Re-election (《改选》) in People's Literature (《人民文学》), then he was divided into right winger, and he was sent to a construction plant to work.^[1]

In 1978, Li joined the China Railway Song and Dance Troupe (中国铁路文工团). Li joined the China Writers Association in 1982 and he joined the Chinese Communist Party in 1983.

Works

Novel

Spring in Winter (《冬天里的春天》)

Short story

Re-election (《改选》)
Lunar Eclipse (《月食》)
History of the Dangerous Building (《危楼纪事》)

Proses and poems

The Art of Swearing (《骂人的艺术》)
Everyday Language (《大雅村言》)

Awards

Spring in Winter - 1st Mao Dun Literature Prize (1982)
Lunar Eclipse - 3rd National Excellent Short Story Award
History of the Dangerous Building - 4th National Excellent Short Story Award
Everyday Language - 2nd Lu Xun Literature Prize

References

1 2 3 李国文:文坛一棵常青树 (in Chinese). 光明网. Retrieved 2007.
↑ 名作家李国文撰文忆巴金最推崇敢说真话的魅力 (in Chinese). 中国新闻网. Retrieved 2005.
↑ 李国文：透视中国文人 (图) (in Chinese). 中国网. Retrieved 2006.
↑ 李国文获新世纪散文家奖 (in Chinese). 新浪网. Retrieved 2004.
↑ "Li Guowen".

Mao Dun Literature Prize

1st (1982)	Wei Wei – Orient Zhou Keqin – Xu Mao and His daughters Yao Xueyin – Li Zicheng Mo Yingfeng – General's Chant Li Guowen – Spring in Winter Gu Hua – A Small Town Called Hibiscus

2nd (1985)	Zhang Jie – Leaden Wings Liu Xinwu – Bell and Drum Tower Li Zhun – Yellow River Flowing to East

3rd (1991)	Lu Yao – Ordinary World Ling Li – Young Emperor Sun Li and Yu Xiaohui – Rhapsody of Metropolis Liu Baiyu – The Second Sun Huo Da – The Funeral of Muslim Xiao Ke – Bloody Heaven Xu Xingye – Broken Golden Bowl

4th (1997)	Chen Zhongshi – White Deer Plain Wang Huo – War and People Liu Sifen – White Gate Willow Liu Yumin – Unsettled Autumn

5th (2000)	Alai – After the Dust Settled Wang Anyi – The Song of Everlasting Sorrow Zhang Ping – Decision Wang Xufeng – Three Episodes of Tea-man

6th (2005)	Xiong Zhaozheng – Zhang Juzheng Zhang Jie – Wordless Xu Guixiang – Heaven of History Liu Jianwei – Heroic Time Zong Pu – Lead-in of Wild Gourd

7th (2008)	Jia Pingwa – Qin Qiang Chi Zijian – The Right Bank of Er'guna River Mai Jia – Plot Zhou Daxin – The Scenery of the Lake and the Mountain

8th (2011)	Zhang Wei – On the Plateau Liu Xinglong – Skywalker Bi Feiyu – Massage Mo Yan – Frog Liu Zhenyun – One Sentence Worth Ten Thousand

9th (2015)	Su Tong – Yellowbird Story Ge Fei – Jiangnan Trilogy Wang Meng – Scenery on this Side Jin Yucheng – Blossoms Li Peifu – The Book of Life

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