Lu Yao
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Born | Wang Weiguo (1949-12-03)3 December 1949 Qingjian County, Yulin, Shaanxi, China |
Died | (1992-11-17)17 November 1992 Xi'an, Shaanxi, China |
Occupation | Writer |
Notable works | Ordinary World |
Notable awards | Mao Dun Literature Prize |
Wang Weiguo (Chinese: 王卫国; 1949–1992), better known by his pen name Lu Yao (Chinese: 路遥), was a Chinese novelist.
Biography
He was born on 3 December 1949 in Qingjian County, Shaanxi Province. He had six siblings and grew up in a very poor family.
Career
He began writing novels when as a college student, and graduated from the Chinese Department of Yan'an University in 1973. After graduation, he became an editor of Yanhe magazine. In 1982, Lu Yao published his novella "Life", which was made into a film in 1984. It was at this time that he started to become well known across China. In 1991, Lu Yao finished his most famous work, Ordinary World,[1] which won the Mao Dun Literature Prize.[2] His writing was closely related to his own life and experiences, and focused mostly on young people from his native Shaanbei striving to change their lives.
Death
He died on 17 November 1992
References
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- Zhou Keqin – Xu Mao and His Daughters
- Wei Wei – Orient
- Mo Yingfeng – General's Chant
- Yao Xueyin – Li Zicheng
- Gu Hua – A Small Town Called Hibiscus
- Li Guowen – Spring in Winter
- Lu Yao – Ordinary World
- Ling Li – Young Emperor
- Sun Li and Yu Xiaohui – Metropolis
- Liu Baiyu – The Second Sun
- Huo Da – The Jade King
- Xiao Ke – Bloody Heaven (Honorary award)
- Xu Xingye – Broken Golden Bowl (Honorary award)
- Wang Huo – War and People
- Chen Zhongshi – White Deer Field
- Liu Sifen – White Gate Willow
- Liu Yumin – Unsettled Autumn
- Zhang Ping – The Choice
- Alai – Red Poppies
- Wang Anyi – The Song of Everlasting Sorrow
- Wang Xufeng – Trilogy of the Tea Masters
- Xiong Zhaozheng – Zhang Juzheng
- Zhang Jie – Wordless
- Chu Chunqiu – Sky of History
- Liu Jianwei – Heroic Time
- Zong Pu – Eastern Concealment
- Jia Pingwa – The Shaanxi Opera
- Chi Zijian – The Last Quarter of the Moon
- Mai Jia – In the Dark
- Zhou Daxin – The Sons of Red Lake
- Zhang Wei – On the Plateau
- Liu Xinglong – The Sky Dwellers
- Mo Yan – Frog
- Bi Feiyu – Massage
- Liu Zhenyun – Someone to Talk To
- Ge Fei – Jiangnan Trilogy
- Wang Meng – The Scenery Around Here
- Li Peifu – Book of Life
- Jin Yucheng – Blossoms
- Su Tong – Shadow of the Hunter
- Liang Xiaosheng - The Human World
- Xu Huaizhong - That Which Can't Be Washed Away
- Xu Zechen - Northward
- Chen Yan - The Protagonist
- Li Er - Brother Ying Wu
- Yang Zhijun [zh] - The Snow Mountain and the Homeland
- Qiao Ye [zh] - Baoshui Village
- Liu Liangcheng [zh] - Bomba
- Sun Ganlu [zh] - A Panorama of Rivers and Mountains
- Dong Xi - Resonance
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