Wang Meng (author)
Wang Meng | |
|---|---|
Wang Meng Frankfurt Book Fair 2009 | |
| Minister of Culture | |
| In office 1986–1989 | |
| Preceded by | Zhu Muzhi |
| Succeeded by | He Jingzhi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 15, 1934 Beijing, China |
| Political party | Chinese Communist Party |
| Alma mater | Beijing Normal University |
| Occupation | Writer |
Wang Meng (Chinese: 王蒙; pinyin: Wáng Méng; born 15 October 1934) is a Chinese writer who served as China's Minister of Culture from 1986 to 1989.
Biography
Wang was born in Beijing in 1934. During his middle school years, he was introduced to the Chinese Communist Party ideology and joined the Communist Youth League.[1]
Wang Meng has published over 60 books since 1955, including six novels, ten short-story collections, as well as other works of poetry, prose and critical essays.
In 1956 Wang published a controversial piece, "The Young Newcomer in the Organizational Department" (组织部来了个年轻人). This caused a great uproar.[2]
He served as China's Minister of Culture from July 1986 to September 1989.[3]
On 27 June 2015 at the United International College's 7th Graduation Ceremony in Zhuhai, Wang Meng was rewarded with the Honorary Fellowships.[4] In 2015 he was awarded the Mao Dun Literature Prize for The Scenery Around Here.[5]
Selected publication
- Books available in English
- 100 Glimpses into China: Short Short Stories from China (by Wang Meng, Feng Jicai, Wang Zengqi and others) (Xu Yihe and Daniel J. Meissner). Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, 1989.
- Alienation (Nance T. Lin and Tong Qi Lin). Hong Kong: Joint Publishing Co., 1993.
- Bolshevik Salute: A Modernist Chinese Novel (Wendy Larson). Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1989.
- Prize-winning Stories from China, 1978-1979 (by Liu Xinwu, Wang Meng, and others). Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, 1981.
- Snowball (Cathy Silber and Deirdre Huang). Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, 1989.
- The Butterfly and Other Stories (intro. by Rui An). Beijing: Chinese Literature,1983.
- The Strain of Meeting (Denis C. Mair). Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, 1989.
- The Stubborn Porridge and Other Stories (Zhu Hong). New York: George Braziller, 1994.
- Wonderful Xinjiang: A photographic journey of China's largest province as told through the pen of Wang Meng. Pleasantville: Reader's Digest, 2004.
- On the Road at Eighteen, which portrays a young man sent on the road by his father, and who is attacked by a group of peasants-turned-robbers, 1986.[6]: 196
References
- ^ Zha Jianying (8 November 2010). "Letter from Beijing: Servant of the State". The New Yorker. Vol. 86, no. 35. pp. 60–69.
- ^ Liu, Binyan (1990). A Higher Kind of Loyalty: A Memoir by China's Foremost Journalist. New York: Pantheon. p. 68. ISBN 0-394-57471-0.
- ^ Dillon, Michael, ed. (1999). China: A Cultural and Historical Dictionary. London: Curzon Press. p. 333. ISBN 0-7007-0439-6.
- ^ UIC holds 7th Graduation Ceremony and Honorary Fellowship Conferment
- ^ "Winners of 2015 Mao Dun Literature Prize announced". GBTimes. August 17, 2015. Retrieved August 18, 2015.
- ^ Wang, David Der-wei (2016). "Red Legacies in Fiction". In Li, Jie; Zhang, Enhua (eds.). Red Legacies in China: Cultural Afterlives of the Communist Revolution. Harvard Contemporary China Series. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Asia Center. ISBN 978-0-674-73718-1.