 Mao Dun (pseud.
of Shen Yanbing, 1896-1981) a critic, novelist and short-story
writer noted for his commitment to the doctrine of realism. Born
in Tongxiang, Zhejiang Province, he was admitted to the pre-college
class at Peking University in 1913; and upon his graduation in
1916, he was employed at Commercial Press in Shanghai. Inspired
by the October Revolution of 1917 in Russia, he took part in
the May Fourth Movement in China. In 1920, he joined the Shanghai
Communist Team, and helped to established the Chinese Communist
Party in 1921. Between 1921 and 1932 he was one of the chief
editers of China's foremost literary journal "Xiaoshuo yuebao"
(Short Story Monthly). He went to Japan in July 1928 to take
refuge when he was wanted by the Nationalist Party cracking down
on the Communists. After his return to China in 1930, he was
invited to be a member of the League of Left-Wing Writers. He
was active in the War of Resistance against Japan beginning in
1937. He served as minister of culture from 1949 to 1965. His
works include, "The Manifesto of Short Story Monthly,"
"On the Proletarian Art," "Disillusion,"
"Rainbow," "The Shop of the Lin Family,"
"Spring Silkworms," "Autumn Harvest," and
"Midnight." |
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