Shi Xiangsheng

In this Chinese name, the family name is Shi.

Shi Xiangsheng (Chinese: 施祥生; pinyin: Shī Xiángshēng; born 1942[1]) is a Chinese writer. He is best known for his 1997 story "A Sun in the Sky" (Chinese: 天上有个太阳; pinyin: Tiān shàng yǒu ge tàiyáng), which was adapted into Zhang Yimou's 1999 film Not One Less.[2][3]

During the Cultural Revolution, Shi was sent to Xinjiang province in western China to work as a peasant, after which he became a teacher and a writer. His other works include The Divorce (Chinese: 离婚; pinyin: Líhūn) and The Birthday Present (Chinese: 生日礼物; pinyin: Shēngrì lǐwù).[1]

  1. ^ a b "Not One Less - Filmmakers". Sony Pictures Classics. Archived from the original on 3 March 2009. Retrieved 17 September 2009.
  2. ^ Kwok, Juanita; McKnight, Lucinda (2002). "Not One Less". Film Asia: new perspectives on film for English. Curriculum Corporation. p. 102. ISBN 978-1-86366-543-8.
  3. ^ Zhang, Xiaoling (2001). "A film director's criticism of reform China: a close reading of Zhang Yimou's Not One Less". China Information. 15 (2): 136.