Wang Xiaobo

王小波 Wang Xiaobo
Born	Beijing, China
Nationality	People's Republic of China
Alma mater	Renmin University of China and University of Pittsburgh
Spouse	Li Yinhe

Wang Xiaobo (Chinese: 王小波; pinyin: Wáng Xiǎobō) (May 13, 1952 – April 11, 1997) was a renowned contemporary Chinese novelist and essayist from Beijing.

Life

He was a sent-down youth in Yunnan during Cultural Revolution. From 1978 to 1982, he studied at Renmin University of China. He went to the United States to continue his education in 1984 and received a master's degree from the University of Pittsburgh in 1988. After his return to China, he taught at Peking University and Renmin University of China. He became a freelance writer in 1992. On April 11, 1997, Wang died of a heart attack in Beijing.

List of works

Wang Xiaobo has written several novels, short stories collections and essays, some of which were translated into English, French and Italian.

Novels

• 《红拂夜奔》 Running away at night
• 《万寿寺》 "Wan Show Temple"
• 《青铜时代》 The Bronze Age
• 《白银时代》
• 《黄金时代》
• 《2015》
• 《2010》
• 《夜里两点半》
• 《茫茫黑夜游》
• 《樱桃红》

Short story collections

• 《沉默的大多数》

Essays

• 《思维的乐趣》 Thinking of fun
• 《我的精神家园》 My Spiritual Garden

Filmography

• 1997 : East Palace, West Palace by Zhang Yuan, adapted from his short story 《似水柔情》 Sentiments like water.

External links

• WangXiaobo Net
• works of wangxiaobo collection
• Interview of Wang Xiaobo by CCTV on YouTube
• Article by the magazine Rue89 (In French)
• The novel 2015 (in Italian)
• Introduction to the English translation published by the State University of New York Press

References