Liu Sifen

Liu Sifen
Native name	刘斯奋
Born	January 1944 (age 72) Wuzhou, Guangxi, China
Occupation	Novelist, painter
Language	Chinese
Alma mater	Sun Yat-Sen University
Period	1984 - present
Genre	Novel
Notable works	White Gate Willow
Notable awards	4th Mao Dun Literature Prize 1997 White Gate Willow

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

Liu Sifen (simplified Chinese: 刘斯奋; traditional Chinese: 劉斯奮; pinyin: Liǘ Sīfèn; born January 1944) is a Chinese novelist and painter who was the president of Guangdong Literature and Art Association.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Biography

Liu was born in Wuzhou, Guangxi in January 1944. In 1946, his family moved to British Hong Kong. After the founding of the PRC, his family settled in Guangzhou, Guangdong in 1951.^[4]

Liu graduated from Guangzhou First School (广州市第一中学) in 1962, he entered Sun Yat-Sen University, majoring in Chinese language.^[1]^[2]^[4]

In 1966, Mao Zedong launched the Cultural Revolution, Liu worked in Taishan County as a farmer, at the same time, he studied oil painting and gouache under Hao Jiaxian (郝佳贤).

In 1970, Liu was transferred from Taishan County to Ding'an County, Hainan.

In 1975, Liu returned to Guangzhou, he worked in Guangdong Provincial Party Committee Propaganda Department (广东省委宣传部), and he began to research Chinese Culture.

Liu started to write novel White Gate Willow in 1984.

In 1989, Liu studied Chinese painting.^[5]

In 1995, Liu was appointed the director of Guangdong Artists Association (广东省美术家协会) and the president of Guangdong Literature and Art Association (广东省文联).

In 2003, Liu served as the president of Guangdong Painting Academy (广东画院). At the same year, Liu joined the Chinese Calligraphy Association (中国书法协会).

Works

Novel

White Gate Willow (《白门柳》)

Awards

White Gate Willow - 4th Mao Dun Literature Prize (1997)

References

1 2 "刘斯奋" (in Chinese). 广东文化网. Retrieved 2011.
1 2 "刘斯奋艺术简介" (in Chinese). 中国名家书画.
↑ "广东文联主席刘斯奋："矛盾"中的先行者" (in Chinese). 中国文物网. Retrieved 2013.
1 2 "Liu Sifen".
↑ "刘斯奋书画展广州开幕(图)" (in Chinese). 网易. Retrieved 2013.

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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