Representative works include the novel Midnight, Spring Silkworm and literary criticism Reading at Night.
1896 was born in wuzhen, Tongxiang county, Zhejiang province.
19 13, Mao dun was admitted to the first class of Peking university preparatory school. After graduating from the preparatory course, I worked in the compilation institute of the Commercial Press.
/kloc-at the beginning of 0/920, he presided over the editing of "Novel Tide Column" of Novel Monthly. In June of the same year 165438+ 10, Mao Dun officially took over the Novel Monthly.
192 1 year, 1 month, participated in the organization of the "Literature Research Association" and took over and reformed the Novel Monthly. In July, the China * * * production party was established, and the members of the Shanghai * * * production team were transformed into formal party member.
1923 resigned as editor-in-chief of Novel Monthly and transferred to Chinese Department of Commercial Press.
1925 was elected to attend the second national congress of Guangzhou Kuomintang.
65438-0926 stayed in Guangzhou and worked as a secretary in the Propaganda Department of the Kuomintang Central Committee. Return to Shanghai in March.
1927, 1 went to Wuhan as an instructor of Wuhan branch of the Central Military and Political School. In April, he was the editor-in-chief of the Republic of China Daily in Hankou. In July, it was not smooth from Wuhan to Nanchang, and it was blocked in Guling. In August, Nanchang uprising failed, and I tried to get in touch with the party organization, but it didn't work. Since then, I have lost contact with the party organization. In September, he published the novel "Disillusionment" under the pseudonym of Mao Dun in Shanghai.
1928, 1 June, completed the creation of "Shake and Chase"-the trilogy of solar eclipse. I traveled to Japan in July, during which I wrote the novels Rainbow (unfinished) and From Guling to Tokyo.
1929, the paper "Reading" was published.
April 1930, returned to Shanghai. Soon joined the Chinese Left-wing Writers' Union.
193 1 year, he began to write Midnight.
1July, 932, published by Lin Jiapu. 1 1 June, Spring Silkworm Publishing.
1933, Midnight was officially published. From April to July, he created and published Autumn Harvest and Residual Winter.
1935 The paper "Introduction to China New Literature Series, Novel Collection" was included and published.
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1February, 937, I ran into Zhou Enlai and resumed contact with the party organization, but party member's identity was unclear. Wang Jiu Daily and Scream (later renamed Beacon), which participated in editing, were established in Shanghai respectively. At the end of the year, Shanghai fell and Mao Dun went to Changsha.
1938,1-February, activities in Hong Kong, Guangzhou and Wuhan. In March, the All-China Federation of Literary and Art Circles was established and elected as a director. In April, Literary Position, edited by him, was established in Guangzhou. At the same time, Li Bao Lin Yan was also being compiled. In February 65438, at the invitation of Du Chongyuan, he went to Dihua, Xinjiang.
1March, 939, arrived in Xinjiang and taught at Xinjiang University. In April, the Xinjiang Cultural Association was established and elected as the chairman of the Federation of Literary and Art Circles.
1940, left Xinjiang at the end of April and arrived in Yan 'an via Lanzhou and Xi 'an. He gave lectures at Lu Xun College of Literature and Art in Yan 'an and the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region Cultural Association. From June+10 in 5438, he arrived in Chongqing from Yan 'an and served as the Standing Committee of the Cultural Work Committee chaired by Guo Moruo. At this time, the creation of excellent prose "Landscape Talk" and "Praise of Poplar" was completed one after another.
194 1 year, he left Chongqing for Hong Kong. In May, he served as the editorial board of Popular Life; Started writing "Corrosion". Editor-in-chief of "Bi Tan" in September, 7 issues. 65438+February, leaving Hong Kong for Guilin. During my stay in Guilin, I wrote a novel "Frosty leaves are as red as February flowers".
1942 ended and I went to Chongqing again.
65438-0945, the script "Before and After Qingming Festival" started in April. In June, the literary and art circles held an activity to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Mao Dun's creative activities, and launched an essay for Mao Dun's literary prize.
1946, visited the Soviet union.
/kloc-0 returned to China in April, 1947 and arrived in Shanghai. At the end of the year, I will go to Hong Kong again.
1948 participated in the editing of Novel Monthly in July, and served as the editor-in-chief of Wen Hui Daily in September. At the end of the year, I left Hong Kong.
1949, arrived in Beiping in February. In July, he was elected as the vice chairman of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles and the chairman of the Chinese Writers Association (later changed to the Chinese Writers Association). June 5438+10, served as Minister of Culture of the Central People's Government, and edited People's Literature magazine.
195 1 1 was elected as a member of the World Peace Council.
1958, 65438+ 10, started writing "Reading Occasionally at Night". In March, the first volume of Mao Dun's Collected Works was published by People's Literature Publishing House.
196 1 year published ten volumes of Mao Dun's Collected Works.
During the Cultural Revolution, Mao Dun always stood on the side of the Party and the revolutionary people.
198 1 passed away in Beijing on March 27th. On March 3 1 day, according to Mao Dun's request, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China decided to resume his qualification as party member of China * * * Producer Party, with the party age counting from 192 1.
From 1984 to 1997, People's Literature Publishing House published 38 volumes of The Complete Works of Mao Dun.