Writers

Hu Xiaomei (December 24, 1971 -), a native of Fengcheng, Jiangxi, is a Chinese radio host and writer.

Shu Qun (September 20, 1913 - August 2, 1989), formerly known as Li Shutang, also known as Li Xudong, Li Chunyang, Li Cunzhe, pen name Shu Qun, Black Man, etc., was a Manchu nationality. His ancestral home was Qingzhou, Shandong. He was born in Acheng, Heilongjiang (now Acheng District, Harbin City). He is a Chinese writer and a member of the Communist Party of China.

Alice Ann Munro Munro (July 10, 1931 - May 13, 2024), or Alice Munro, Alice Munro, Alice Munro, originally surnamed Laidlaw, a Canadian female writer, known as the "Chekhov of Canada", won the Governor General's Award of Canada three times, won the Booker International Prize in 2009, and then won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2013. She is the first writer to win these two awards. In 2013, she became the first Canadian female Nobel Prize winner and the 13th female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature for her achievements as a "master of contemporary short stories". Canada's The Globe and Mail reported on the news of Meng Ruo's death in an Ontario nursing home and pointed out that she had suffered from dementia for at least 12 years before her death and was presumed to have won the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Dame Iris Murdoch, DBE (English: Dame Iris Murdoch, July 15, 1919 - February 8, 1999), was born in Dublin, Ireland, and was a British writer.

Elfriede Jelinek (Elfriede Jelinek, born October 20, 1946) is an Austrian-Jewish novelist, playwright and poet. Alfred Jelinek is the winner of the 2004 Nobel Prize for Literature and the first Austrian writer to win the prize.

Irwin Allen Ginsberg (English: Irwin Allen Ginsberg, June 3, 1926 - April 5, 1997), whose surname is also translated as Ginsberg, was an American writer and poet. He met William Burroughs and Jack Kerouac while studying at Columbia University in the 1940s, and the three became the core of the "Beat Generation" literary movement. He attacked militarism, economic materialism and sexual oppression. He is regarded as the soul of the Beats because of his views on drugs, sex and multiculturalism, his opposition to bureaucracy, and his openness to Eastern religions. Ginsberg's most famous work is the long poem "Howl," in which he praised his Beat colleagues and criticized the capitalist ideas and conformist culture that were prevalent in the United States at that time (which he believed to be two destructive forces). "Howl" depicts heterosexual and same-sex sexual behavior. At that time, homosexuality was still considered illegal in various states in the United States due to the implementation of sexual misconduct laws. Therefore, "Howl" attracted widespread attention when it was seized by the San Francisco police and U.S. Customs in 1956, and was tried on charges of obscenity the following year. "Howl" reflects on Ginsberg's own sexuality and his relationships with several men, including his lifelong partner Peter Orlovsky. Judge Clayton W. Horn ruled that "Howl" was not obscene: "How can there be freedom of the press and freedom of speech if the vocabulary available to man has to be reduced to empty, insignificant euphemisms?" Ginsburg was a Buddhist and had extensive research on Eastern religious teachings. He lives modestly, buying clothes from second-hand stores and living in an apartment in New York City's East Village. One of Ginsburg's most influential teachers was Tibetan Buddhist Chogyam Trungpa, founder of the Naropa Institute in Boulder, Colorado. Prompted by Chogyam Trungpa, Ginsberg and the poet Anne Waldman founded the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics at Naropa College in 1974. Ginsburg also played a major role in decades of political protest, from the Vietnam War to the War on Drugs. His poem "September, Jessore's Road" calls attention to the plight of Bangladeshi refugees in the aftermath of the 1971 genocide. Literary critic Helen Vendler wrote that the poem exemplified Ginsberg's commitment to "imperial rule" and "the persecution of the powerless."

Emily Jane Brontë (English: Emily Jane Brontë, July 30, 1818 - December 19, 1848), a 19th-century British writer and poet, the second among the three famous Brontë sisters. "Roaring Heights" is her only novel and is regarded as one of the world's literary masterpieces.

Emily Elizabeth Dickinson (English: Emily Elizabeth Dickinson, December 10, 1830 - May 15, 1886, also translated as Emily Dickinson), American poet. The poetic style is concise, the metaphors are cutting-edge, and rhythm and even grammar are often ignored. He only published 10 poems during his lifetime and remained unknown. Nearly 70 years after his death, he began to receive serious attention from the literary world and was regarded as a pioneer by modernist poets. Together with her contemporary Whitman, she was regarded as the greatest poet in the United States. Later generations had many speculations about her poetry, love life, and sexual orientation. She is America's most prolific and best-known female poet, and is widely read. Dickinson was born into a prominent family in Amherst, Massachusetts. He was introverted and did not like to show his face. As a young woman, she attended Amherst College for seven years and then spent a brief period at Mount Holyoke Seminary before eventually returning to her home in Amherst. Locals thought she seemed out of place. It was known that she preferred white clothing, did not want to see guests, and in her later years would not even take a step out of her own room. Therefore, her friendship with most of her friends was maintained through correspondence. A prolific but solitary poet, only a dozen of Dickinson's more than 1,800 poems were published during her lifetime. Works published during her lifetime were often heavily revised by publishers to conform to the traditional poetic rules of the day. Dickinson's poetry was unique for her time. Her poems contain short sentences, omitted titles, uneven rhymes, and unconventional capital letters and punctuation. Many of her poems explore death and immortality, and these two themes appear repeatedly in her letters to friends. Although most of Dickinson's friends were probably aware that her writing was unusual, it was not until her sister Lavinia discovered her stash of writings in 1886, the year of her death, that Dickinson's vast oeuvre became known. Her first collection of poetry was published in 1890 by personal friends Thomas Wentworth Higginson and Mabel Todt, both of whom made significant revisions to the content. It was not until 1955 that scholar Thomas H. Johnson published "The Collected Poems of Dickinson", which was the first complete publication of Dickinson's works with almost no revisions. Despite some disapproval and skepticism of his literary prowess in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Dickinson is now almost universally recognized as one of America's most important poets.

Isaac Asimov (English: Isaac Asimov, formerly known as Isaac Yudovich Asimov, Russian: Исаáк Ю́дович Ази́мов (January 2, 1920 - April 6, 1992) was an American Jewish writer and professor of biochemistry who was born in Soviet Russia. He is a member of Mensa International. His works are mainly science fiction novels and popular science books. One of the representatives of the Golden Age of American science fiction. Asimov wrote and edited more than 500 books in his lifetime. It is estimated that he wrote at least 9,000 letters and postcards. In addition to philosophy, the categories of his works cover almost the entire "Dewey Decimal Book Classification". Asimov, Robert Heine, and Arthur C. Clarke are among the "Big Three" of science fiction. Among Asimov's works, the "Foundation Series" is the most famous. Other major works include the "Galactic Empire Trilogy" and the "Robot Series". Asimov wrote many short stories, among which "Nightfall" was voted the best short story before 1964 by the Science Fiction Writers of America. He also writes mystery novels and fantasy novels, as well as a large number of non-literary works, and once wrote the science fiction novel "Lucky Star Series" for teenagers under the pen name Paul French. Asimov was a good scholar. Most of his popular science works used historical techniques to explain scientific concepts, detailing everything from the beginning as much as possible and rationally analyzing the scientific context. When a scientist is mentioned, detailed background information is also attached, such as nationality, date of birth and death, and scientific terms are introduced etymologically and phonetically. These characteristics can be seen everywhere in his "The Wise Man's Guide to Science", the three volumes of "Understanding Physics" and "Asimov's Chronology of Science and Discovery". Asimov had been involved in the Mensa Society for many years, and was later promoted to vice president with some reluctance. He said that the members of the society were "very competitive with their wits." In comparison, he was more willing to serve as the president of the American Humanist Association. Asteroid 5020, Asimov Science Fiction magazine and two Asimov Awards are named after him.

Isaac Bashevis Singer Singer (November 21, 1902 - July 24, 1991) was an American Jewish writer born in Warsaw, Poland. He wrote in Yiddish and was a short story writer. He was the winner of the 1967 Newbery Medal Silver Medal and the 1978 Nobel Prize for Literature. The work profoundly depicts Jewish life in Poland and the United States.

Akutagawa Ryunosuke (Japanese: Akutagawa Ryunosuke/Akutagawa Ryuunosuke, March 1, 1892 - July 24, 1927), known as "Master of Chengjiang Hall" and haiku as "My Ghost", is a well-known Japanese novelist. He has extensive experience in Chinese studies, Japanese literature, and British literature. However, he suffered from many diseases and worries throughout his life and relied on medicine. He was only thirty-five years old. He has many famous works, mainly short stories.

René-François-Armand "Sully" Prudhomme (French: René-François-Armand "Sully" Prudhomme, French pronunciation: [syli pʁydɔm]; March 16, 1839 – September 6, 1907) was a French poet and the first winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. Prudhomme studied science in his early years and later turned to literature. His debut work was the collection of poems "Festivals and Poems" which he published at his own expense in 1865. From the titles of "Life", "Women", "Youth" and "Others" in the collection of poems, one can imagine the theme of Prudhomme's poetry: the pursuit of life, ideals, love, youth and the love for hometown, motherland and people. Some of the poems also reveal the author's dissatisfaction and worries about social reality. The publication of his debut work made Prudhomme famous in the country, so he simply resigned from his position as a lawyer and devoted himself to writing, becoming one of the most influential poets in France in the late nineteenth century. He has successively published collections of lyric poems "Loneliness" and "Waste of Tenderness" and collections of philosophical poems "Destiny", "Justice" and "Happiness". The former uses delicate and implicit brushstrokes and elegant and exquisite forms to chant objects and scenery, expressing personal sentiments that are not without sadness. Philosophical poetry is dedicated to exploring the contradiction between human consciousness and modern society, and seeking the connotation of justice and happiness. In his philosophical poems, Prudhomme concentrated on the content of scientific evolution and reflected the pursuit of noble morality. Due to Prudhomme's poetic creation and various literary achievements, he became an academician of the French Academy in 1881. In 1901, he won the first Nobel Prize for Literature.

José Saramago (Portuguese: José Saramago, Portuguese: [ʒuˈzɛ ðɨ ˈso(w).zɐ sɐɾɐˈmaɣu]; November 16, 1922 - June 18, 2010), Portuguese writer, winner of the 1998 Nobel Prize for Literature. His representative works include "Monastery Chronicles", "Blindness Chronicles", "Recovery of Blindness", etc. 1922Born in the small village of Akinhaga, north of Lisbon，Farming at home，When he was two years old, he went to the capital Lisbon with his parents.。 I was forced to give up my studies in high school and tried various jobs. I worked as a draftsman, an insurance company clerk, a welding machine salesman and a translator. I used my spare time to write. 1947First novel of the year《sinful land》publishing，Become an Editor of a Literary Magazine，Opportunity to get in touch with the literary world。 In 1966, he published his first collection of poems, "Possible Poems", which contained 148 poems. In 1968, he became a famous columnist for major newspapers in the capital. In 1970, he published his second collection of poems, "Perhaps Joy", which contained 98 poems. 1975Year，Published first novel《1993》，1978Published first collection of short stories《almost an object》。 1980Year，Published third novel《stand up from the ground》。 1982Published in《Abbey Chronicle》，a great success，won95Camões Literary Award, the highest annual award for Portuguese-language literature。 In 1995, he published the book "Blind", which was praised by many people in the Western world. The New York Times Book Review believed that "... it is neither cynical nor opinionated, but... a quality honestly named after wisdom. We should be grateful that it presents such a broad world to readers." He has won the "Spanish Knight Award" and He was awarded the "Knight of the Order of Literature" by the French government. In 1998, he won the Nobel Prize for Literature for his book "Blindness". He is the only Portuguese writer to win the Nobel Prize. The reason for the award: "Because of his extremely imaginative, compassionate and ironic works, we can repeatedly relive that elusive period of history." His works also include "The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis", "Chronicles of the Monastery", "History of the Siege of Lisbon", "The Gospel of Jesus Christ", and "All Names".Settled in Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain。 Saramago was sick all year round，Severe failure of body functions，2010Year6moon18noon，Died at home in Lanzarote, Spain。

Ying Qianli (November 11, 1900 - October 8, 1969), a Manchu surname of Hesheli, a given name of Ji Liang, a courtesy name of Qianli, and his holy name of Ignatius (Latin: Ignatius), was a native of Peiping and an educator in the Republic of China. His wife Cai Baozhen.

Fan Xiaoqing (1955-), female, Han nationality, native of Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, writer of the People's Republic of China, former chairman and party secretary of the Jiangsu Provincial Writers Association, and member of the 11th, 12th, and 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.

Julia Child (English: Julia Child, August 15, 1912 - August 13, 2004), formerly known as Julia Carolyn McWilliams (Julia Carolyn McWilliams) before her marriage, was born in Pasadena, California, United States. She was a well-known American chef, author and television host. She appeared on the cover of Time magazine on November 25, 1966. In 2009, the story was remade into the movie "Julie and Juliet". In 2022, her legendary life was remade into the TV series "Julia". The Food Network channel paid tribute to Julia and produced a cooking competition reality program "The Julia Child Challenge".

Homer (Ancient Greek: Ὅμηρος) is an ancient Greek bard who is traditionally regarded as the author of the epic poems "Iliad" and "Odyssey". Although modern academic circles generally believe that the two epics were not written by the same author, Homer is still highly respected in ancient Greek society and is regarded as one of the most influential writers in history. "The Iliad" is set in the last year of the Trojan War and mainly describes the conflict between King Agamemnon of Mycenae and the hero Achilles; "The Odyssey" tells the story of King Odysseus of Ithaca and his ten-year arduous journey back home after the fall of Troy. Both epics describe the struggle of human beings in the face of fate and suffering. Among them, "The Odyssey" particularly focuses on how Odysseus perseveres under the punishment and tests of the gods. The epics were written in "Homeric Greek", incorporating features of the Ionian and Aeolian dialects of different eras. Most researchers believe that these epic poems were originally passed down through oral recitation. Homer's epic poems profoundly shaped the culture and education of ancient Greece, cultivating core values ​​such as heroic spirit, glory and honor. The philosopher Plato once succinctly called Homer "the man who educated all Greece." In Dante's "Divine Comedy", Virgil calls Homer the "King of Poets"; the British poet Alexander Pope also pointed out in the preface to his English translation of "The Iliad" that Homer has always been regarded as "the greatest poet". From ancient times to the present, Homer's epic poems continue to inspire countless works of literature, music, art and film. As for who created the Iliad and the Odyssey, when, where and under what circumstances they were completed, they are still a matter of debate in academic circles. Modern scholars generally believe that the two epics were not written by the same author, but were completed by different poets. It is generally speculated that they were created between the end of the 8th century BC and the beginning of the 7th century BC. There are many legends about Homer's life in classical times, the most well-known of which is that he was a blind bard from Ionia, Anatolia. However, modern academic circles generally believe that these life records are legends and lack reliable historical basis.

Mo Yan (February 17, 1955 -), whose real name is Guan Moye, is a native of Gaomi, Shandong Province. He is a writer in mainland China, a member of the Communist Party of China, a retired major of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, and vice chairman of the Chinese Writers Association. Graduated from the People's Liberation Army Art Institute, a joint Master of Arts from Beijing Normal University and Lu Xun College of Literature, an honorary Doctor of Letters from Hong Kong Metropolitan University, a part-time professor at East China Normal University and Shandong University, a visiting professor at Qingdao University of Science and Technology, and a part-time professor at Shantou University. He is currently a professor at Beijing Normal University.

Maurice Polydore Marie Bernard Maeterlinck (French: Maurice Polydore Marie Bernard Maeterlinck, August 29, 1862 - May 6, 1949) was a Belgian poet, playwright, essayist, and winner of the 1911 Nobel Prize for Literature. The themes of his works are mainly about death and the meaning of life. The most familiar of his works is "L'Oiseau Bleu" (1908), which has been adapted into many films. Maeterlinck believed that the world is maintained by visible things and invisible things, visible people and invisible minds. Writers should not stop describing visible phenomena on the surface, but should go straight into the spiritual depths. Based on this philosophical understanding, Maeterlinck was committed to "exploring the origins and secrets of life." Maeterlinck published many books on entomology. Among them, the book "La Vie des Termites" (The Life of the Termites) published in 1926 was almost completely copied from the book "The Soul of the White Ant" (The Soul of the White Ant) written by the South African poet and scientist Eugène Mares. David Bignell, professor of biology at the University of London, believes that "The Life of Termites" is a classic example of academic plagiarism.

Leila Schneps (born December 22, 1961) is an American female mathematician who lives in France and works at the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) and the Institute of Mathematics at the Pierre and Marie Curie University Jussieux Campus. Her research expertise is number theory. In addition to publishing academic papers, Schneps has edited several textbooks, written a popular science book and several popular science articles on the use and abuse of mathematics in criminal proceedings. Schneps also published a series of mathematically themed murder novels under the pseudonym Catherine Shaw.

Philip Milton Roth (English: Philip Milton Roth, March 19, 1933 - May 22, 2018) was an American novelist and writer. His representative works include the novel "Goodbye, Columbus", which describes the life of American Jews, and won the recognition of the National Book Award. Philip Roth's novels are often set in Newark, New Jersey, and are strongly autobiographical. The plots contain philosophical ideas, blur the line between reality and fiction, have a "soft and delicate style", and explore Jewish and American identity and life. He gradually became famous with "Portnoy's Complaint" in 1969. This novel was also selected as one of Time Magazine's 100 best novels.

Philip Kindred Dick (English: Philip Kindred Dick, December 16, 1928 - March 2, 1982), often referred to as PKD, was an American science fiction writer. Dick compiled a total of 44 novels and approximately 121 short stories during his lifetime. In addition to the 38 books that are still in circulation, he also wrote some short stories and a handful of works published in cheap magazines. At least seven of his novels were adapted into movies. Most of Dick's novels explore various psychological and sociological issues, such as ontology, perception, human nature, and personal identity. Most novels revolve around the protagonist's struggle against parallel universes, hallucinations, monopoly capitalism, drug abuse, authoritarianism and other factors. Dick was born in Chicago and moved to the San Francisco Bay Area with his parents when he was a child. Dick began writing science fiction in 1952, when he was 23 years old. A series of Dick's early works were not commercially successful. Until 1962, Dick published the fictional historical novel "The Man in the High Castle," which won him a series of accolades, including the Hugo Award for Best Novel. Dick went on to create Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? " (1968), "Ubik" (1969) and a series of science fiction novels. In 1974, Dick published "Cry My Tears," which won him the John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel. After years of drug abuse and a series of mystical experiences in 1974, Dick's works more explicitly dealt with theology, metaphysics, and the nature of reality, such as "The Mind Scan." A collection of his speculative nonfiction on these topics was published in 2011 as a memorial collection, Philip K. Dick Interpreted. Dick died in Santa Ana, California, in 1982 from complications from a stroke. Although he was praised by well-known science fiction writers Stanislaw Lem and Robert Heine during his lifetime, Dick gradually became known to people after his death. Dick is widely regarded as "a master of paranoid fiction with a rich imagination like Franz Kafka and Thomas Pynchon." Dick's influence was widespread even after his death, extending beyond literary circles into Hollywood films. Popular movies adapted from his works include "Blade Runner", "Minority Report", "Scan", "The Planned Machine", etc. In 2005, Time magazine named Ubik

George Bernard Shaw (English: George Bernard Shaw, literally translated as George Bernard Shaw, July 26, 1856 - November 2, 1950), a British-Irish playwright, critic, debater and left-wing political activist, co-founder of the London School of Economics. In his early years, he made a living by writing music and literary criticism, and later became famous for writing plays. Bernard Shaw wrote more than 60 plays in his life and was good at exposing social issues in the form of black humor. In 1926, he won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1925 for "his idealistic and humanitarian works." Alan Lerner adapted his comedy "Pygmalion" into the musical "My Fair Lady". The musical was adapted into the Hollywood blockbuster movie of the same name and became a household name.

Xiao Hong (June 1, 1911 - January 22, 1942), whose real name was Zhang Naiying, formerly known as Zhang Xiuhuan, whose nickname was Ronghua, and whose pen names were Xiao Hong, Yin Yin, Tian Di, and Lingling, was from Hulan County, Heilongjiang Province (now Hulan District, Harbin City). She was a modern feminist writer in the Republic of China and was known as the "Literary Goddess" of the 1930s.