Wang Huo


Wang Huo was a Chinese novelist and screenwriter. Wang was a member of the 5th and 6th National Committees of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.

Life and career

Wang was born in Shanghai on 1 July 1924, with his ancestral home in Rudong County, Jiangsu.
Wang started to publish works in 1943.
Wang joined the National Literature and Art Association in 1948. In the same year, he graduated from Fudan University. After graduation, Wang worked in the Shanghai Federation of Trade Unions. He was a member of the Chinese Communist Party.
After the founding of the Communist State, Wang worked in Laodong Publishing House as an editor.
In 1953, Wang was transferred to All-China Federation of Trade Unions, and he served as the chief editor of Chinese Worker.
In 1961, Wang taught at a school in Linyi, Shandong.
Wang joined the China Writers Association in 1979.
In 1983, Wang was appointed an associate editor of Sichuan People's Publishing House and the chief editor of Sichuan Literature and Art Publishing House.
Wang retired in 1987, and died on 23 November 2025, at the age of 101.

Works

Novellas

  • ''Right of Privacy''

Long-gestating novels

War and People The Foreign Eighth Route Army The Biography of Jie Zhenguo Firelight in the Heavy Fog Xueji The Biography of Firefly
  • ''Awakening to Truth''

Short stories

Meteor
  • ''The General Strike''

Proses and poems

  • ''Xichuangzhu''

Screenplay

The Moon and the Sea
  • ''The Foreign Eighth Route Army''

Awards

War and People – 4th Mao Dun Literature Prize