Ba Jin (1904 ~ 2005.10.17) is an important figure in the history of China literature in the 20th century. He was determined to be a social activist, but he became a novelist and essayist. After the new period, he has served as the chairman of several writers' associations, which is highly respected. His works are full of emotion, so there are many trilogy masterpieces, and his later works are often heavy with pens. His novel Cold Night is a masterpiece. (Huiyu Publishing House)
Natural conditions: Li Yaotang, Fei Gan, pen name Pei Gan, Yu Yi, Wang Wenhui, etc. Chengdu, Sichuan. 1920 entered Chengdu Foreign Studies University. 1923 fled the feudal family and studied in middle schools in Shanghai and Nanjing. /kloc-at the beginning of 0/927, he went to France to study and wrote his first novel, Death, which was published under the pseudonym of Ba Jin. /kloc-returned to Shanghai at the end of 0/928 to engage in creation and translation. From 1929 to 1937, he wrote Home, which mainly represented novels, the Riptide Trilogy, as well as Dream of the Sea, Autumn in Spring, Satin, MengMeng (Snow), Rebirth and Love Trilogy. (fog, rain, electricity) and other novellas, and published short story collections such as Revenge, General, Ghosts and People, Navigation and Memories. A collection of essays such as Notes. With his unique style and rich creation, Lu Xun called him "a writer with enthusiasm and progressive thoughts, and one of the few good writers" (Answer Xu Maoyong and Talk about the Anti-Japanese United Front). In the meantime, he served as the editor-in-chief of Cultural Life Publishing House, and the editor-in-chief publications included Wen Ji Monthly and Literature Series.
After the outbreak of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, Ba Jin devoted himself to anti-Japanese cultural activities and edited Scream. Wang Jiu Daily and other newspapers and periodicals have successively created Home, the sequel of Spring and Autumn Annals, the trilogy of anti-Japanese war novels (also known as Fire), etc., and published short story collections such as Rejuvenation Grass, Little People's Things, Essays, Complaints and Dragons, Tigers and Dogs, etc. In the late period and after the Anti-Japanese War, Ba Jin's creation turned to criticize the dark reality in the Kuomintang-controlled areas and strongly criticized and attacked the old system that was about to collapse. The novella "The Garden of Resting", "The Fourth Ward" and the novel "Cold Night" with artistic characteristics are representative works in this respect. After the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), Ba Jin served as vice chairman of the All-China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, chairman of the Chinese Writers Association, chairman of the China Pen Club Center, vice chairman of the China People's Political Consultative Conference, and editor-in-chief of Harvest magazine. He paid close attention to and supported various activities aimed at prospering literary creation, participated in international literary exchange activities abroad for many times, and initiated the establishment of China Modern Literature Museum. He has published collections of short stories, reportage, living among heroes, essays, essays, Ba Jin's recent works, five essays, and selected works of Ba Jin in the past 60 years. Create memoirs, etc. The Collected Works of Ba Jin 14 contains most of People's Republic of China (PRC)'s works before the founding of the People's Republic of China, and the newly compiled Complete Works of Ba Jin has been published since 1986. His works have been translated into many foreign languages and published. Over the years, he has also published a large number of translated works. Ba Jin's novels are most famous for the collapse of the old family and the rebellion of the younger generation. Home is the most successful and influential masterpiece in this field, which shocked the hearts of several generations of young readers and established his important position in the history of modern literature. He is good at pouring his feelings into beautiful narration and sincere and simple description, which is delicate and unique and has his own artistic power to impress people.
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Ba Jin's Talk on Literary Creation
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Catalogue of Ba Jin's works and translations: a classified catalogue of Ba Jin's works and translations after Ba Jin wrote Random Thoughts (Chen Sihe) *
Ba Jin to Taizhou/Xu Maoyong —— On Ba Jin/Xia Yisu's New Literature History of China (Excerpt) (Sima Changfeng)
The Significance of Ba Jin's Old Bookstore/Deconstruction of Chen Sihe's "Home"/Yuan Guoxing