Zhang Wei (author)

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Zhang.

Zhang Wei
Native name	张炜
Born	November 1955 (age 60) Longkou, Shandong, China
Occupation	Novelist
Language	Chinese
Alma mater	Shandong Normal University
Period	1982 - present
Genre	Novel
Notable works	The Ancient Ship
Notable awards	8th Mao Dun Literary Prize 2011 The Ancient Ship

Zhang Wei (simplified Chinese: 张炜; traditional Chinese: 張煒; pinyin: Zhāng Wěi; born November 1955) is a Chinese author. He was born in China's northern province of Shandong. He graduated from the Chinese Department at Yantai Normal College in 1980. Three years later, he became a member of Chinese Writers Association, an organization for which he has served as chairman and deputy chairman of the Shandong branch. He is best known for his novels The Ancient Ship and September's Fable. In 2011 Zhang won the Mao Dun Literature Prize, the highest national literary award, for On the Plateau, a 10-volume work that took a decade to write.^[1]

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September's Fable

Mao Dun Literature Prize

1st (1982)	Wei Wei – Orient Zhou Keqin – Xu Mao and His daughters Yao Xueyin – Li Zicheng Mo Yingfeng – General's Chant Li Guowen – Spring in Winter Gu Hua – A Small Town Called Hibiscus

2nd (1985)	Zhang Jie – Leaden Wings Liu Xinwu – Bell and Drum Tower Li Zhun – Yellow River Flowing to East

3rd (1991)	Lu Yao – Ordinary World Ling Li – Young Emperor Sun Li and Yu Xiaohui – Rhapsody of Metropolis Liu Baiyu – The Second Sun Huo Da – The Funeral of Muslim Xiao Ke – Bloody Heaven Xu Xingye – Broken Golden Bowl

4th (1997)	Chen Zhongshi – White Deer Plain Wang Huo – War and People Liu Sifen – White Gate Willow Liu Yumin – Unsettled Autumn

5th (2000)	Alai – After the Dust Settled Wang Anyi – The Song of Everlasting Sorrow Zhang Ping – Decision Wang Xufeng – Three Episodes of Tea-man

6th (2005)	Xiong Zhaozheng – Zhang Juzheng Zhang Jie – Wordless Xu Guixiang – Heaven of History Liu Jianwei – Heroic Time Zong Pu – Lead-in of Wild Gourd

7th (2008)	Jia Pingwa – Qin Qiang Chi Zijian – The Right Bank of Er'guna River Mai Jia – Plot Zhou Daxin – The Scenery of the Lake and the Mountain

8th (2011)	Zhang Wei – On the Plateau Liu Xinglong – Skywalker Bi Feiyu – Massage Mo Yan – Frog Liu Zhenyun – One Sentence Worth Ten Thousand

9th (2015)	Su Tong – Yellowbird Story Ge Fei – Jiangnan Trilogy Wang Meng – Scenery on this Side Jin Yucheng – Blossoms Li Peifu – The Book of Life

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 220518688 SUDOC: 035450487 BNF: cb134821100 (data)

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