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王小波 Wang Xiaobo | |
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| Born | May 13, 1952 Beijing, China |
| Died | April 11, 1997 (aged 44) Beijing, China |
| Nationality | Chinese |
| Alma mater | Renmin University (BS) University of Pittsburgh (MA) |
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Wang Xiaobo (Chinese: 王小波; pinyin: Wáng Xiǎobō) (May 13, 1952 – April 11, 1997) was a renowned contemporary Chinese novelist and essayist from Beijing.
Wang was born into a family of Intellectuals in Beijing. He was transferred to a collective farm in Yunnan during the Cultural Revolution, which later became the writing background for his most famous novel Golden Age. This novel won him the 1991 United Daily News novella award. In just a few years he wrote an avalanche of novels, stories, essays and newspaper articles, especially popular among young people. He died of a heart attack in 1997.
Wang is one of the most influential and popular novelists in China.[1] The values upheld in his works, such as wisdom, fun, and freedom, are a unique example in the literature field of China.[2] He has become a cultural icon of the country. "Wang Xiaobo hot" continues to this day.[3]
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