Ouyang Yuqian | |||||||||||
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Native name | 欧阳予倩 | ||||||||||
Born | Ouyang Liyuan May 12, 1889 Liuyang, Hunan, Qing China | ||||||||||
Died | September 21, 1962 Beijing, China | (aged 73)||||||||||
Occupation | Dramatist, educator, film director, actor | ||||||||||
Language | Chinese | ||||||||||
Alma mater | Meiji University Waseda University | ||||||||||
Period | 1906–1962 | ||||||||||
Genre | Stage play, Peking Opera | ||||||||||
Literary movement | New Play | ||||||||||
Spouse |
Liu Yunqiu (m. 1906) | ||||||||||
Children | Ouyang Shanzun | ||||||||||
Relatives | Ouyang Ligeng (father) Liu Yixia (mother) Ouyang Zhonghu (grandfather) | ||||||||||
Chinese name | |||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 歐陽予倩 | ||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 欧阳予倩 | ||||||||||
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Ouyang Yuqian (Chinese: 欧阳予倩; May 12, 1889 – September 21, 1962) was a Chinese playwright, Peking opera actor and writer, film screenwriter and director, and drama educator. He is considered by drama historians as one of the three founders of the modern Chinese spoken drama, together with Tian Han and Hong Shen.[1] He was also one of the top Peking opera performers, regarded as a southern counterpart of Mei Lanfang.
Ouyang Yuqian was the founding president of the Central Academy of Drama from 1950 until his death in 1962. He also served as vice chairman of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, vice chairman of the Chinese Dramatists Association, and chairman of the Chinese Dancers Association.[2]