Ba Jin | |
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Born | Li Yaotang[1] / Li Feigan[2] 25 November 1904 Chengdu, Sichuan, Qing dynasty, China |
Died | 17 October 2005 Shanghai, People's Republic of China | (aged 100)
Pen name | Ba Jin |
Occupation | Novelist |
Notable works | Turbulent Stream: The Family, Spring, and Autumn Love Trilogy: Fog, Rain, and Lightning |
Notable awards | 1983: Legion of Honour 1990: Fukuoka Prize (special prize) |
Spouse |
Xiao Shan
(m. 1936; died 1972) |
Children | Li Xiaolin Li Xiao |
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Chinese | 巴金 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 李堯棠 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 李尧棠 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Li Yaotang (simplified Chinese: 李尧棠; traditional Chinese: 李堯棠; pinyin: Lǐ Yáotáng; 25 November 1904 – 17 October 2005), better known by his pen name Ba Jin (Chinese: 巴金; pinyin: Bā Jīn) or his courtesy name Li Feigan (Chinese: 李芾甘; pinyin: Lǐ Fèigān), was a Chinese anarchist, translator, and writer. In addition to his impact on Chinese literature, he also wrote three original works in Esperanto,[3] and as a political activist he wrote The Family.
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