The pseudonym "Ba Jin" comes from a classmate named Ba Bowen whom he knew when he was studying in France, and the works of Kropotkin translated by Ba Jin when this classmate committed suicide. He took a word for each of these two names and became his pen name.
Ba Jin was born in a bureaucratic landlord family in Chengdu, Sichuan. My father used to be a county magistrate in Guangyuan County, Sichuan Province, and he was honest and clean. After the Revolution of 1911, he resigned and retired. 19 14 mother died. 19 17 my father died, too. I have been studying at home since I was a child. Accept the thoughts of democracy and anarchism in the May 4th Movement. At the end of Lunar New Year 1920, when his grandfather died, Ba Jin was glad that "nobody was in charge of his behavior at home". 1920 to 1923 studied English at Chengdu International Studies University (one of the predecessors of Sichuan University), participated in the work of the progressive publication "Semimonthly Talk", participated in the organization of "Equality Society" and carried out anti-feudal propaganda activities. 1922 published new poems such as "the cry of the abused" in "Current Affairs News and Literary Xunkan".
1923 went to Shanghai, and soon went to the middle school affiliated to Nanjing Southeast University to study. 1925 after graduation in summer, he often published papers and translated them to promote anarchism. 1927 He went to France and finished his first novella Death in Paris the following year. After the publication of the monthly novel 1929, it aroused strong repercussions. /kloc-returned to China in the winter of 0/928 and lived in Shanghai. In a few years, he wrote many books. His main works are Dead Day, New Life, Satin, Germination and the famous torrent trilogy Home and Spring and Autumn. 193 1, the famous novels trilogy of love and fog are serialized in the times. Among them, Home is the author's masterpiece and one of the most outstanding works in the history of modern literature in China.
From 65438 to 0934, he served as the editorial board of Literature Quarterly in Beijing. In the autumn of the same year, I traveled to Japan. He returned to China the following year and served as the editor-in-chief of Shanghai Cultural Life Publishing House, publishing "Literature Series", "Cultural Life Series" and "Minority Literature Series". 1936 and Jin Yi founded Moon Hee Monthly. In the same year, he and Lu Xun jointly published the Declaration of China Writers and Artists and the Declaration of Unity and Freedom of Speech in the Literary and Art Circles.
During his stay in War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, he traveled to Shanghai, Guangzhou, Guilin and Chongqing. He used to be the publisher and editor-in-chief of Scream Weekly (later renamed Fiberhome), and served as the director of the All-China Anti-Enemy Association of Literary and Art Circles. 1938 and 1940 published the novels Spring and Autumn respectively, and completed the torrent trilogy. From 1940 to 1945, he wrote the trilogy of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and fire. In the late period of the Anti-Japanese War, he created novellas "Resting Garden" and "The Fourth Ward". 1946 Finish the novel Cold Night. Short stories are famous for "gods" and "ghosts". After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, he mainly engaged in translation, editing and publishing. Ba Jin's novel creation occupies an extremely important position in the history of modern novels in China. He also translated many works. After liberation, he wrote many beautiful essays, expressing his love for the motherland and life.
1949 attended the first national literary congress and was elected as the Standing Committee of the Federation of Literary and Art Circles. 1950 served as the vice chairman of Shanghai Federation of Literary and Art Circles. He visited the Korean front twice and compiled two essays "Living among Heroes and People Defending Peace". 1960 was elected as the vice chairman of the Chinese Federation of Literary and Art Circles and the Chinese Writers Association. During the Cultural Revolution, they were brutally persecuted. 1978, the essay Random Thoughts was serialized in Hong Kong Ta Kung Pao. At his initiative, 1985 established the China Museum of Modern Literature. His book is
Translate into many languages. From 1982 to 1985, he has successively won the Italian Dante International Honor Award, the French Medal of Honor, the honorary doctor of literature of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, the honorary academician of the American Academy of Literature and Art, the chairman of the Chinese Writers Association and the vice chairman of the All-China Federation of Literary and Art Circles.
Ba Jin chronology
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1927 (Republic of China 16), I am 23 years old.
He went to France, first to Marseille, then to Paris, and began to write his first novella Death, which was completed in the same year.
In 1944 (33 years of the Republic of China), I was forty years old.
[Guilin-Guiyang-Chongqing]
In spring, I met Lin Yutang who came back from America in Guilin. When Jin Yi returned to Chongqing from Fujian and passed through Guilin, he stayed with Ba Jin for a few days.
In April, the third chapter of "Fire" was published with the title of "Tian".
In early May, Xiao Shan and I set out from Guilin for Guiyang. On the 8th, I got married in Huaxi Rest House on the outskirts of Guiyang.
In the middle, I sent Shanshan to travel to Sichuan. Began to write the novella "Rest Garden".
Later, he was admitted to the tertiary ward of Guiyang Central Hospital for operations such as nasal septum correction, and was hospitalized for more than ten days. Based on the observation and feelings of hospital life during this period, I later created a novella "The Sixth Ward".
He was discharged at the beginning of June. Stay in China Travel Agency Guest House, and stay in Huaxi Foreign Guest House in the suburbs after more than ten days.
I left Guiyang and arrived in Chongqing. I live in the editorial department of the Republic of China Road Cultural Life Publishing House, which is adjacent to Feng Xuefeng and has frequent contacts.
A translation of Virgin Land (translated by Turgenev) was published this month.
In July, the rest garden was completed.
In August, I learned the news of Wang Luyan's death, so I wrote "To Xiong Yan".
Xia Qifang came to Chongqing from Yan 'an and visited his comrades in Zeng's "Zhou Mansion" with Ba Jin.
10, the rest garden was published by Chongqing Cultural Life Publishing House.
I started writing "Cold Night" in early winter and soon stopped.
/kloc-at the end of 0/2, he attended the symposium of Chongqing literary and art circles, and Zhou Enlai attended and spoke.
1945 (34 years of the Republic of China), 4 1 year.
[Chongqing-Shanghai-Chongqing]
18 1 month, I learned that my friend Miao Chongqun died in June 14, and I went to Pei Bei's grave to pay my respects. In April, I wrote in memory of a kind friend.
In February, 300 people, including Lao She and Mao Dun, jointly published "On the Cultural Situation" in Chongqing Xinhua Daily.
On May 4th, he attended the 7th anniversary of the founding of the All-China Anti-Japanese Association and the commemorative meeting of the first literary festival in Caojiaxiang Cultural Center. Guo Moruo, Hu Feng, Lao She, Shao Lizi, Wang Pingling and so on 100 people attended the meeting.
I started writing fourth area this month. Turgenev's translation of prose poems was published.
On June 24th, the 50th birthday celebration conference initiated by Guo Moruo, Lao She, Ye Shengtao, Hong Shen, Chen and Ba Jin was held in Chongqing Southwest Industrial Building.
On the 29th, Liuzhou recovered.
On July 27, Guilin recovered.
The third part of Fire was published this month.
On August 15, Japan announced its surrender.
Send a telegram to Shanghai to contact third brother Lin Yao.
On 28th, Mao Zedong went to Chongqing and met Mao Zedong for the first time.
At the beginning of the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, the All-China Anti-Japanese Federation of Literary and Art Circles organized an "Investigation Committee with Uprising Scholars" composed of Lao She, Xia Yan, Ba Jin, etc. Its task is to investigate the crimes of traitors and literati who betray the motherland and take refuge in the Japanese puppet government.
1October 10, the All-China Federation of Literary and Art Circles was renamed the All-China Federation of Literary and Art Circles.
On 2 1 day, the Federation of Literary and Art Circles held a member's gala at Zhangjia Garden Club in Chongqing, attended by Guo Moruo, Hu Feng, Ye Shengtao, Feng Xuefeng and others. Zhou Enlai was invited to attend, preaching Mao Zedong's policy of literature and art serving the workers, peasants and soldiers, and introducing Yan 'an's literary and artistic activities.
In the early winter, I began to write "Cold Night" and wrote part of it.