Liu Heng (1954-) is generally seen as a realist writer. He became a professional writer in the 1970s after having worked as a peasant farmer, a factory worker and a soldier. His experiences have served as fodder for his stories and not incidentally these classes of work were promoted by Mao Zedong as the audience for literature in his 1942 Talks At The Yenan Forum On Literature And Art. "Dogshit Food" won the 1985-86 best short story award. "Fuxi Fuxi" won him the national Prize for Best Novelettes in 1987, and was the basis for the movie Ju Dou. His novel Black Snow about the problems faced by a young juvenile delinquent upon his release from prison, was also made into a feature film, and The Happy Life of Chatter-box Zhang Damin has been made into a television series.
Works
Short Stories
"Dogshit Food" Columbia Anthology of Modern Chinese Literature.
"Grain." Chinese Literature
"The Heated Earthen Bed." In Hometowns and Childhood.
The Obsessed (includes "Fuxi, Fuxi")
Novels
Black Snow: A Novel of the Beijing Demimonde .
Green River Daydreams: A Novel (Cang He bai ri meng )
Recieved from Wikipedia