Ma Bo (马波） | |
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| Born | August 22, 1947 Hebei, China |
| Pen name | Old Ghost (老鬼) |
| Occupation | Non-fiction writer |
| Nationality | Chinese |
| Alma mater | Peking University Brown University |
| Period | 1988–present |
| Genre | Cultural Revolution, Nonfiction |
Ma Bo (born August 22, 1947) is a Chinese non-fiction writer who currently resides in Beijing, China. After graduating from Beijing University with a degree in journalism, he wrote and published the book Blood Red Sunset in 1988 which sold over 400,000 copies in China.[1]
Subsequently, as a result of his participation in Tiananmen Square, he fled the country, first to France, and then ultimately to the US, where he settled as a resident scholar in Brown University's Literary Arts program.[2]
In 1995, the English translation of Blood Red Sunset (Penguin, 1995) was published with Howard Goldblatt as translator. Also in 1995, Ma Bo's mother, Yang Mo, a prominent writer herself, was diagnosed with terminal cancer.[3] Consequently, upon special permission from the Chinese government, Ma Bo returned to China to visit his mother in the hospital. He has remained in China since then.