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]}

Biography

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)

Awards

• The story of Beijing – Shanghai Literary Award ^{[2] [3]}
• The Note of Music – 1st Bing Xin Prose Prize ^{[2] [3]}
• A Small House on The Coast of Ocean – 2nd National Excellent Reportage Literary Award ^{[2] [3]}
• Being The Hero – 3rd National Excellent Reportage Literary Award ^{[2] [3]}
• Thinking of Qin E – 3rd Lao She Literary Prize for Prose ^{[2] [3]}
• Tongfei Sketch – 1st National Reportage Literary First Prize ^{[2] [3]}

Personal life

Xiao's son, Xiao Tie (Chinese: 肖铁), is a member of China Writers Association, who was a Peking University student, studying in the United States.

References