Mao Dun, writer and political activist. Formerly known as Shen Dehong, the word Yan Bing. The pen names are,, and lang loss. Tongxiang, Zhejiang. 19 13 was admitted to Peking University Preparatory College. 19 16 after graduation, he worked in the compilation institute of Shanghai Commercial Press and began his literary career. 65438-0920 Editor-in-Chief of Novel Monthly. At the end of February of the same year, 65438+, Zheng Zhenduo and others initiated the establishment of the Literature Research Association. During the first revolutionary civil war, he actively engaged in political activities, and served as the director of the Propaganda Department of the Kuomintang Central Committee, the instructor of the Wuhan Central Military and Political School, and the editor-in-chief of the Republic of China Daily. After the failure of the Great Revolution, he went to Japan. 1in the spring of 930, he returned to Shanghai and joined the League of Chinese Left-wing Writers. After 1937, he went to Ren Zhonghua, director of the National Anti-Enemy Association of Literary and Art Circles, and edited "Literary Position". /kloc-in the winter of 0/938, he went to teach in Xinjiang and served as the chairman of the Federation of Cultural Associations of all ethnic groups in Xinjiang. 1940 arrive in Yan 'an in May. 1940 ended and arrived in Chongqing. Later, he went to Guilin and Hong Kong and served as the editorial board of Popular Life. At the end of 1946, he was invited to visit the Soviet Union. After 1949, he served as vice chairman of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, chairman of the Chinese Writers Association, minister of culture, deputy to the first to fifth National People's Congress, member of the Standing Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and vice chairman of the fourth and fifth CPPCC sessions.

Mao Dun created a large number of literary works in his life, with high artistic achievements. The main works are: the novel Eclipse, Rainbow, Midnight, The Story of the First Stage, Corrosion, Frosty Leaves as Red as February Flowers; Novellas "Road" and "Three Sides"; Short stories such as Spring Silkworm, Autumn Harvest, Can Winter, Lin Jiabao, etc. His masterpiece Midnight is a milestone in the development of China's modern realistic literature, which shows the achievements of modern literature in novel creation. In addition, there are a lot of literary criticism, myth research, essays, essays, historical stories and so on. Collection of literary prose: advocacy collection, advocacy sequel, occasional reading at night, short stories about history and historical dramas, miscellaneous notes, reflecting the socialist era and promoting the leap forward of the socialist era. He also translated dozens of foreign literary works. The Road I Walked is a memoir written after the Cultural Revolution, which has precious historical value. Mao Dun has made unremitting efforts and outstanding contributions to uniting writers, cultivating young writers, promoting the construction of literary theory and promoting international cultural exchanges. that

His works eulogize the people, revolution and dark forces in old China, show the arduous course of China's democratic revolution and draw a grand historical picture of realism, which occupies an important position in the history of modern literature in China.