Liu Baiyu

Liu Baiyu
Native name
刘白羽
BornLiu Yuzan (刘玉赞)
(1916-09-02)2 September 1916
Beijing, China
Died24 August 2005(2005-08-24) (aged 88)
Beijing, China
OccupationNovelist
LanguageChinese
NationalityChinese
Period1949 - 2000
GenreNovel
Notable worksThe Second Sun
Notable awardsStalin Literature and Art Prize
1950 The Victorious Army
Mao Dun Literature Prize
1991 The Second Sun

Liu Baiyu (Chinese: 刘白羽; pinyin: Liú Báiyǔ; 2 September 1916 – 24 August 2005), born Liu Yuzan (Chinese: 刘玉赞; pinyin: Liú Yùzàn) in Beijing, was a Chinese writer who took an orthodox Communist line on writing issues. He opposed "Western bourgeois values", influencing Chinese literature.[1]