Liang Xiaosheng (; born 22 September 1949) is a Chinese novelist and screenwriter. Liang is a member of

China Writers Association The China Writers Association (CWA) is a subordinate people's organization of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles (CFLAC). Founded in July 1949, the organization was initially named the China National Literature Workers Association. ...

. He is also a professor at

Beijing Language and Culture University Beijing Language and Culture University (BLCU; ) is a Types of universities and colleges in China, public university of linguistics in Haidian, Beijing, Haidian, Beijing, China. It is affiliated with the Ministry of Education (China), Ministry of ...

. His novels have been translated into English, French, Japanese, Russian, and Italian. The "two modern satires" ''Deaf and Panic'' have also been translated into English.

Biography

Liang was born in

Harbin, Heilongjiang Harbin, ; zh, , s=哈尔滨, t=哈爾濱, p=Hā'ěrbīn; IPA: . is the capital of Heilongjiang, China. It is the largest city of Heilongjiang, as well as being the city with the second-largest urban population (after Shenyang, Liaoning provi ...

in 1949, with his ancestral hometown in

Rongcheng, Shandong Rongcheng () is a county-level city of the prefecture-level city of Weihai, at the eastern extremity of Shandong Province, China, looking out to the Yellow Sea in all directions but the west. History According to historical records, the Qin Shi ...

. In 1966, when the

Cultural Revolution The Cultural Revolution, formally known as the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, was a Social movement, sociopolitical movement in the China, People's Republic of China (PRC). It was launched by Mao Zedong in 1966 and lasted until his de ...

was launched by

Mao Zedong Mao Zedong pronounced ; traditionally Romanization of Chinese, romanised as Mao Tse-tung. (26December 18939September 1976) was a Chinese politician, revolutionary, and political theorist who founded the People's Republic of China (PRC) in ...

, Liang graduated from Harbin 29th High School (). Two years later, Liang went to the Great Northern Wilderness and worked in

Shenyang Military Region The Shenyang Military Region was one of seven military regions for the Chinese People's Liberation Army. It has command and control of military and armed police forces in the three northeast provinces of Jilin, Heilongjiang, and Liaoning, whic ...

. In 1974, Liang was accepted to

Fudan University Fudan University (FDU) is a public university, national public university in Yangpu, Shanghai, Yangpu, Shanghai, China. It is affiliated with the Ministry of Education (China), Ministry of Education and is co-funded with the Shanghai Municipal ...

and graduated in 1977. After graduation, he was assigned to

Beijing Film Studio Beijing, previously romanized as Peking, is the capital city of China. With more than 22 million residents, it is the world's most populous national capital city as well as China's second largest city by urban area after Shanghai. It is lo ...

as an editor. In 1988, Liang was transferred to China Children's Film Studio. Liang started to publish novels in 1979. His most well-known works are ''The Floating City'' (), ''A Red Guard's Confessions'' (), ''From Fudan University to Beijing Film Academy'' (), ''The City of Snow'' (), and ''The Depressed Chinese'' (). His 1993 novel ''The Floating City'' describes depicts a southeastern Chinese metropolis mysteriously disconnected form the mainland.

Personal life

In 1972, Liang, as a

sent-down youth The sent-down, rusticated, or educated youth (), also known as the ''zhiqing'', were the young people who—beginning in the 1950s until the end of the Cultural Revolution, willingly or under coercion—left the urban districts of the People' ...

, was sent to for labor reform and met his first love Dong Qiujuan (), and they later broke up. During his study at

, Liang was introduced to Jiao Dan (), who was 6 years his junior, and they got married.

Works

Novellas

* ''The World's Life'' () * ''There Is A Storm Tonight'' ()

Novels

* ''Pretty Women'' () * ''The Floating City'' () * ''A Red Guard's Confessions'' () * ''From Fudan University to Beijing Film Academy'' () * ''The City of Snow'' () * ''The Depressed Chinese'' () * ''The Human World'' ()

Short stories

* ''If Heaven Has Feelings'' () * ''Death'' () * ''This Is A Mystical Land'' () * ''Panic and Deaf: Two Modern Satires.'' Translated by Hanming Chen. University of Hawai'i Press, Honolulu 2001, .

Awards

* ''This Is A Mystical Land'' – National Short Story Award (1983) * ''Father'' – National Short Story Award (1984) * ''There Is A Storm Tonight'' – National Novella Award (1984) * ''The Human World'' –10th

Mao Dun Literature Prize The Mao Dun Literature Prize () is an award for novels, established in the will of prominent Chinese writer Mao Dun (for which he personally donated 250,000 RMB) and sponsored by the China Writers Association. Awarded every four years, it is ...

References

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