Zhou Keqin
周克芹
Jianyang, Sichuan, China
Chengdu, Sichuan, China
1982 Xu Mao and his daughters
Zhou Keqin (Chinese: 周克芹; pinyin: Zhōu Kèqín; 1937 – August 5, 1990) was a Chinese writer regarded as a representative of Scar literature.[1] Born in Jianyang, Sichuan, he is famous in China for the 1979 novel Xu Mao and His Daughters, which was made into a movie in 1981 and which also won him the first-time Mao Dun Literature Prize, a prestigious literary award.
Biography
Zhou graduated from Chengdu Agricultural Technology School in 1958 and then became a farmer in his hometown. He published his first work, At the Well, in 1963. Afterwards, he published many short stories in newspapers. In 1979, he completed the novel Xu Mao and His Daughters, about 200,000 characters in length, which, in realistic style, depicted the life of a farmer's family in a desolate village and reflected the impacts of many rural policies on the family. Zhou became a renowned writer nationwide in China for this novel and he was considered one of the leading figures in Scar Literature.
Zhou became the vice chairman of the Sichuan Writers Association in 1984 and he later served as a member of Chinese Writers Association 4th Council.
Death
He died on August 5, 1990, in Chengdu, aged 53.
References
- ^ "FISHING THE MOON FROM THE POOL". www.giffonifilmfestival.it. Retrieved February 9, 2021.
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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
- Li Zhun – The Yellow River Flows to the East
- Zhang Jie – Leaden Wings
- Liu Xinwu – The Wedding Party
- 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