Li Guowen


Li Guowen was a Chinese novelist who was the director of China Writers Association. Li was a member of the Chinese Communist Party.

Biography

Li was born in Shanghai, Republic of China in August 1930.
In 1947, he was accepted to Nanjing Academy of Drama and graduated in 1949.
After graduation, Li went to Beijing and he entered North China University of Technology.
When the Korean War broke out in 1950, Li joined the People's Liberation Army, he went to North Korea and served as a writer in the Chinese People's Liberation Army Naval Song and Dance Troupe, after the war, Li returned to Beijing, he worked in China Railway Federation of Trade Union as an editor.
In July 1957, Li published his short story Re-election in People's Literature, then he was divided into right winger, and he was sent to a construction plant to work.
In 1978, Li joined the China Railway Song and Dance Troupe. Li joined the China Writers Association in 1982 and he joined the Chinese Communist Party in 1983.
On 24 November 2022, he died of an illness in Beijing, at the age of 92.

Works

Novel

  • ''Spring in Winter''

Short story

Re-election Lunar Eclipse
  • ''History of the Dangerous Building''

Proses and poems

The Art of Swearing
  • ''Everyday Language''

Translated works (English)

Spring in Winter: Volume 1
  • ''Spring in Winter: Volume 2''

Awards

Spring in Winter – 1st Mao Dun Literature Prize Lunar Eclipse – 3rd National Excellent Short Story AwardHistory of the Dangerous Building – 4th National Excellent Short Story AwardEveryday Language – 2nd Lu Xun Literature Prize