Shen Congwen's major works include Dragon Ball, Hotels and Others, Zhou Shi, Tiger Baby, A Black Story, A Little Scene under the Moon and Eight Horses.
Shen Congwen, Miao nationality, is a famous writer, historian and archaeologist. Born in Fenghuang, Xiangxi, he had a rough life. Shen Congwen has a simple life, rigorous scholarship and rich writings.
His works have been translated and published in more than 40 countries, and have been selected into university textbooks by 10 countries or regions. Shen Congwen was twice nominated as a candidate for Nobel Prize in Literature, and he is a famous literary superstar. Some people say, "Shen Congwen is a first-rate modern literary writer in China, second only to Lu Xun".
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1902 was born in Fenghuang, Hunan Province on February 28th, and is a famous writer and cultural relic researcher in China. 19 17 Participated in the First Guerrilla Detachment of the Second Army of Guo Jing Allied Forces in Xiangxi, and was stationed in Chenzhou (Yuanling). 19 18 after graduating from primary school in his hometown, he moved to the border region of Hunan, Sichuan and Guizhou and the Yuanshui River basin with local indigenous troops, and then officially joined the army.
1922, Shen Congwen took off his military uniform and came to Beijing. He is eager to go to college, but he has only received primary education and no financial resources, so he works as an auditor in Peking University. Border Town, completed in 1934, is a representative of this kind of "pastoral" novels and a peak of Shen Congwen's novel creation.
After the founding of New China, Shen Congwen worked in the Museum of Chinese History and the Institute of History of China Academy of Social Sciences, mainly engaged in the study of ancient Chinese costumes. 1950 committed suicide because of unbearable political pressure and was rescued. 1984 is seriously ill. After the rescue, it is even more inconvenient to speak and act. 1988, 10 In the afternoon of May, he died of a heart attack.
Shen Congwen's literary works such as Border Town, Xiangxi and Autobiography of Shen Congwen have great influence at home and abroad. His works have been translated and published by more than 40 countries such as Japan, the United States, Britain and the former Soviet Union, and have been selected into university textbooks by the United States, Japan, South Korea, Britain and other countries or regions 10, and twice nominated as Nobel Prize in Literature candidates.
Shen Congwen 1987 and 1988 were shortlisted in Nobel Prize in Literature.
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