Wang Anyi
Wang Anyi (born 6 March 1954) is a Chinese writer, vice-chair of the China Writers Association since 2006, and professor in Chinese Literature at Fudan University since 2004.
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| Born | March 6, 1954 Nanjing, Jiangsu, China | ||||||
| Language | Chinese | ||||||
| Period | 1975–present | ||||||
| Genre | fiction, prose | ||||||
| Literary movement | Xungen movement | ||||||
| Notable works | The Song of Everlasting Sorrow (1995) | ||||||
| Spouse | Li Zhang (李章) | ||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 王安憶 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 王安忆 | ||||||
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Wang widely write novels, novellas, short stories and essays with diverse themes and topics. The majority of her works are set in Shanghai, where she lived and worked for the majority of her life. Wang also regularly writes about the countryside in Anhui, where she was "sent down" during the Cultural Revolution. Her works have been translated into English, German and French, and studied as zhiqing (educated youth), xungen (roots-searching), Haipai (Shanghai style), and dushi (urban, cosmopolitan) literature.
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