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Ba Jin

(1904--2005)

Ba Jin (real name Li Feigan) was born on November 25, 1904 in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, into an official's family. He received a good education under private tutorship.

The May Fourth Movement in 1919 imbued him with both anarchic and democratic ideals. The following year, he studied English at Chengdu Foreign Language School.

In 1923, he moved to Shanghai, and then to Nanjing where he entered the preparatory school affiliated with the Southeast China University. During the two-year study he wrote and translated several articles on anarchism. Full Story>>

Highlights

• In Memory of Ba Jin

Widely recognized as one of the greatest writers of modern Chinese literature, Ba Jin left us with numerous influential works, which have inspired and will encourage generations of Chinese.

• Country Mourns Literary Giant of Past Century
Many people mourned over the death of Ba Jin, one of the past century's literary greats, at the National Museum of Modern Chinese Literature in Beijing Oct. 18th.

• Leading Chinese Writer Ba Jin Dead at Age 101

Leading Chinese writer Ba Jin died in Shanghai Monday evening at age 101 after a six-year battle with malignant mesothelioma and other diseases.


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• Leading Writer Ba Jin
Ba Jin--one of the most influential figures in the history of modern Chinese literature, died at the age of 101 in Shanghai on the evening of Oct. 17th.

• Literary Witness to Century of Turmoil
The only surviving literary master from his era, Ba Jin is a living witness to a precious past which we still hesitate to call "history."

• The Family Returns to Stage
A huge, black-tiled roof overhangs the stage of the Shanghai Grand Theatre, in place of the curtain. When it rises, the tragedies of a dying feudal family are played out before the audience.

• Living Literary Legend
China's most famous living author turns 100 today. While Ba Jin's influence and impact on the country's literary community will be studied for centuries, his words continue to inspire.

• Nation Celebrates Literary Giant Ba Jin's 100th Birthday
China's prestigious writer Ba Jin had his 100th birthday celebrated Tuesday in a Shanghai hospital, having survived two world wars and numerous periods of turmoil, revolutions and controversies during the past century.

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Major Works

Love Trilogy: Fog (1931), Rain(1933), Lightning(1935)

Rip Trilogy: Family(1933), Spring(1938), Autumn(1940)

Translated stories by Julio Baghy, Leopold Kampf, Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev and Maksim Gorky.

Works Available in English

Autumn in Spring and Other Stories (Gladys Yang). Beijing: Chinese Literature Press, 1981.

Cold Nights (adapted by Meg Jump). Singapore: Federal Publications, 1981.

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