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Xiao Fuxing

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Native name
肖复兴
Born1947 (age 77–78)
Beijing, China
OccupationNovelist
LanguageChinese
Xiao Fuxing
Native name
肖复兴
Born1947 (age 77–78)
Beijing, China
OccupationNovelist
LanguageChinese
Alma materCentral Academy of Drama
Period1988–present
GenreNovel、reportage
SubjectLaosanjie (老三届)
Notable worksThe Puppy Love
A Female Middle School Student's Diary
The Youth Sonata
Children1

Xiao Fuxing (simplified Chinese: 肖复兴; traditional Chinese: 肖復興; pinyin: Xiāo Fùxīng; born 1947) is a Chinese novelist.[1][2][3] He is now the associate editor for People's Literature.[1][2][3]

Xiao was born in Beijing in 1947, with his ancestral home in Cangzhou, Hebei.[1][2][3] His father was an office clerk and his family had 6 members.[1][2][3][4]

When he was a junior graduate student, his composition A Portray (Chinese: 一幅画像) won first prize in the Beijing Youth Session Competition.[1][2][3]

From 1971 to 1974, during the Cultural Revolution, Xiao worked in Qixing Farm (Chinese: 七星农场) as a farmer.[1][2][3] In 1974, Xiao returned to Beijing taught in a school.[1][2][3] Xiao was admitted into the Central Academy of Drama in 1978 and taught there after he graduated.[1][2][3]

In 1983, Xiao joined the China Writers Association.[1][2][3][4]

From 1988 to 2000, Xiao published the novels The Puppy Love (Chinese: 早恋), A Female Middle School Student's Diary (Chinese: 一个女中学生的日记) and The Youth Sonata (Chinese: 青春奏鸣曲).[1][2][3]

In 2006, Xiao published his novels My Youth Memoirs (Chinese: 黑白记忆:我的青春回忆录).[1][2][3]

Works

Long-gestating novels

  • The Puppy Love (Chinese: 早恋)
  • A Female Middle School Student's Diary
  • The Youth Sonata (Chinese: 青春奏鸣曲)
  • The story of Beijing (Chinese: 京城旧事)

Reportage

  • Talking to the Middle Student (Chinese: 和当代中学生对话)
  • Writing Letters to Middle Student (Chinese: 和当代中学生写信)
  • Mr.Ye (Chinese: 叶圣陶先生)
  • A Small House on The Coast of Ocean (Chinese: 海边的一间小屋)
  • Being The Hero (Chinese: 生当作人杰)
  • Tongfei Sketch (Chinese: 《童非素描》)

Prose and essay

  • My Note (Chinese: 我的读书笔记)
  • The Note of Music (Chinese: 音乐笔记)
  • Thinking of Qin E (Chinese: 忆秦娥)

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