Mo Yingfeng
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Mo Yingfeng | |
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| Native name | 莫应丰 |
| Born | January 12, 1938 |
| Died | February 17, 1989 (aged 51) Changsha, Hunan, China |
| Resting place | Changsha, Hunan, China |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Language | Chinese |
| Alma mater | Hubei Arts College |
| Period | 1972–1989 |
| Genre | Novel; short story; essay |
| Literary movement | Scar literature; Roots-seeking literature |
| Notable works | General's Chant (将军吟); Peach Blossom Utopia (桃源梦) |
| Notable awards | 1st Mao Dun Literature Prize 1982 General's Chant |
| Spouse | Li Mingxiu (1965–1981), Ouyang Huiling (1981–1989) |
| Children | Mo Zhuwei Mo Zhuqin |
Mo Yingfeng (simplified Chinese: 莫应丰; traditional Chinese: 莫應豐; pinyin: Mò Yìngfēng; 12 January 1938 – 17 February 1989) was a Chinese novelist best known for his novel General's Chant, which won the Mao Dun Literature Prize[1] in 1982. He served as the member of China Writers Association and held leadership roles in Hunan Writers Association and Hunan Literature and Art Association.[2][3][4]
Mo Yingfeng was born in Yiyang, Hunan in 1938. into a poor rural family. His early life was marked by hardship, which later became an important influence on his writing.
He studied music at Hubei Arts College before joining the People's Liberation Army in 1961, where he worked in a military cultural troupe in Guangzhou Military Region.[2][4] During the Cultural Revolution, he experienced political persecution, an experience that deeply shaped his later literary perspective.
Mo began publishing fiction in the early 1970s. His most significant work, the novel General's Chant, was written during the final years of the Cultural Revolution, a period when literary expression was subject to strict political constraints. The work was later serialized in 1979 and published as a novel in 1980. Widely regarded as a critical reflection on the era, it won the Mao Dun Literature Prize in 1982.
In the 1980s, Mo continued to write extensively, producing a number of novellas and short stories. His later works, including The Peach Blossom Utopia, engage with regional culture and have been interpreted as dystopian allegories[5], and are often associated with the roots-seeking literary movement.
Mo died in Changsha in February 1989.
