Xiao Jun | |||||||
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| Born | Liu Honglin (刘鸿霖) July 3, 1907 Linghai, Liaoning, Qing China | ||||||
| Died | June 22, 1988 (aged 80) Beijing, China | ||||||
| Pen name | Sanlang (三郎) Tian Jun (田军) | ||||||
| Occupation | Writer | ||||||
| Language | Chinese | ||||||
| Nationality | Chinese | ||||||
| Alma mater | Northeast Military Academy | ||||||
| Period | 1931–1988 | ||||||
| Genre | Novel | ||||||
| Notable works | The Village in August | ||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 蕭軍 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 萧军 | ||||||
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Xiao Jun (simplified Chinese: 萧军; traditional Chinese: 蕭軍; pinyin: Xiāo Jūn, 3 July 1907 – 22 June 1988), born Liu Honglin (劉鴻霖), was a Chinese author and intellectual from Linghai, Liaoning, China. Of Manchu ethnicity, Xiao's most famous work in China is his 1934 novel Village in August (八月的鄉村) which gained both popular and critical praise as anti-Japanese literature.[citation needed] He, along with Xiao Hong, is considered one of the most representative authors of the left-wing Northeast Authors Group (東北作家群).[citation needed] The names Xiao Hong and Xiao Jun were chosen by each author so that when put together they would be xiao xiao hongjun (小小紅軍, tiny red army).