Guo Moruo

Guo Moruo (Chinese: 郭沫若; pinyin: Guō Mòruò; Wade–Giles: Kuo Mo-jo; November 16, 1892 – June 12, 1978), courtesy name Dingtang (鼎堂), was a Chinese author, poet, historian, archaeologist, and government official.

Guo Moruo
郭沫若
President of the University of Science and Technology of China
In office
1958–1978
Succeeded byYan Jici (1980)
Chairman of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
In office
1949–1978
Succeeded byFang Yi
Chairman of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles
In office
1949–1978
Succeeded byZhou Yang
Personal details
Born
Guo Kaizhen (郭開貞)

(1892-11-16)16 November 1892
Leshan, Sichuan
Died12 June 1978(1978-06-12) (aged 85)
Beijing
Spouses
Zhang Jinghua (1890–1980)
(m. 1912)
    Sato Tomiko (1894–1995)
    (m. 1916)
      Yu Liqun (1916–1979)
      (m. 1939)
      Domestic partner(s)Yu Lizhen (1912–1937)
      Huang Dinghui (1907–2017)
      Children8 sons and 3 daughters
      Alma materKyushu University
      Awards1948 Research Fellow of the Academia Sinica
      Writing career
      Pen nameDingtang (鼎堂)
      Language
      PeriodModern (20th century)
      Genres
      Literary movement
      Years activefrom 1916
      Guo Moruo
      Chinese
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