Wei Wei (male writer)
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Not to be confused with Wei Wei (female writer).
Wei Wei (Chinese: 魏巍; pinyin: Wèi Wéi; March 6, 1920 – August 24, 2008), originally known as Hong Jie (simplified Chinese: 鸿杰; traditional Chinese: 鴻傑; pinyin: Hóng Jié), was a Chinese poet, a prose writer, a literary report writer, a journalist, a vice-editor-in-chief and the editor of various newspapers in China. His works are noted for their themes of patriotism, communism, and nationalism. Apart from using the name Wei Wei, he once used the pen name Hong Yangshu (紅陽樹) in some of his publications. He changed his name from Hong Jie to Wei Wei in 1937 when he had started a new page of his life, a political one.
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Wei Wei | |
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Native name | 魏巍 |
Born | Wei Hongjie (魏鸿杰) (1920-03-06)March 6, 1920 Zhengzhou, Henan, China |
Died | August 24, 2008(2008-08-24) (aged 88) Beijing, China |
Pen name | Hongyangshu (红杨树) |
Occupation | Novelist |
Language | Chinese |
Period | 1951 - 1980s |
Genre | Novel |
Notable works | East |
Notable awards | Mao Dun Literary Prize 1982 Orient |
Spouse | Liu Qiuhua (刘秋华) |
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