Writers

Gabriela Mistral (Spanish: Gabriela Mistral, April 7, 1889 - January 10, 1957) was a Chilean writer and poet, formerly known as Lucila de María del Perpetuo Socorro Godoy Alcayaga. Gabriela Mistral is her pen name. Her first and last names are respectively taken from the first and last names of the Italian poet Gabriele D'Annunzio and the French poet Frédéric Mistral (winner of the 1904 Nobel Prize for Literature), whom she admired.

Zora Neale Hurston (English: Zora Neale Hurston, January 7, 1891 - January 28, 1960), female, American Harlem Renaissance anthropologist, folklorist, and writer. She is the author of four novels and more than fifty short stories, plays and essays, among which the 1937 novel "Their Eyes Were Watching Heaven" is the most famous. Following renewed public interest in Hurston, her work was republished in 1975. After Hurston's death, the Smithsonian Institution discovered the original manuscripts of the folktales he wrote in the 1920s and compiled them into a volume called "Every Tongue Got to Confess," which was published in 2001.

Khaled Hosseini (Persian: خالد حسینی [ˈxɒled hoˈsejni]; English: Khaled Hosseini /ˈhɑːlɛd hoʊˈseɪni/; March 4, 1965 -) was born in Kabul, Afghanistan. He is an American physician and best-selling author. He has published three novels, the most famous of which is "The Kite Runner" in 2003. Because of the success of this novel, he decided to change his career and become a professional writer.

Edward Carpenter (August 29, 1844 – June 28, 1929) was a British utopian socialist, poet, philosopher, and anthology editor. He was an early promoter of the gay rights movement and prison reform, advocated vegetarianism, and opposed animal vivisection. As a philosopher, Carpenter's most famous work is Civilization: Its Causes and Solutions. In this work, he described civilization as a form of disease experienced by human societies. He was an early advocate of the sexual revolution, had a profound influence on both David Herbert Lawrence and Sri Aurobindo, and inspired E. M. Forster's novel Maurice's Lover.

Lu Xinhua (1954-), a contemporary Chinese writer, was born in Rugao, Jiangsu. In 1969, he joined the army and settled in his hometown. In 1973, he was drafted into the army. He studied in the Chinese Department of Fudan University in 1978 and graduated from the Chinese Department of Fudan University in 1982. Joined the Chinese Writers Association in 1979. He is the author of the short stories "Scar", "Cousin", "Typical", etc., the novella "Devil", and the novels "Forest Dream", "Details", "Forbidden Girl", etc. After the short story "Scar" was published in Wenhui Po, it won the National Outstanding Short Story Award in 1978 and was translated into more than a dozen languages ​​including English, French, German, Spanish, Japanese and Russian. It is one of the representative works of "Scar Literature". He once served as a reporter in the literary and art department of Shanghai's "Wenhui Po" and later resigned to go into business. He studied abroad in 1986 and graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles, with a Master of Arts degree. He is also a member of the Fourth Standing Committee of the Shanghai Youth Federation and a representative of the Fourth National Congress of Literary and Art Workers.

Zhou Weihui (January 4, 1973 -), whose pen name is Wei Hui, is a representative writer of the contemporary "late generation" in China and a native of Yuyao, Zhejiang. Currently lives in New York and Shanghai.

Ursula Kroeber Le Guin (English: Ursula Kroeber Le Guin, née Kroeber, October 21, 1929 - January 22, 2018) was an American writer, famous for her fantasy literary works, including her science fiction series set in the Hanxing universe, and her Earthsea fantasy series. She began publishing in 1959, and her literary career spans nearly 60 years. She has written more than 20 novels and more than 100 short stories, as well as poetry collections, literary criticism, translations and children's books. Although often regarded as a science fiction writer, Le Guin has also been hailed as "an important voice in American literature", but she herself prefers to be called an "American novelist". Le Guin was born in Berkeley, California, to the writer Theodora Kluber and the anthropologist Alfred Kluber. After earning a master's degree in French, she studied for a doctoral degree, but decided to discontinue her studies in 1953 after marrying the historian Charles Le Guin. In the late 1950s, she began writing full-time, and won critical acclaim and market success with "A Wizard of Earthsea" (1968) and "The Left Hand of Darkness" (1969), both of which Harold Blum hailed as her masterpieces. With The Left Hand of Darkness, she became the first female writer to win both the Hugo Award and the Nebula Award for Best Novel. Since then, she has successively created more works set in Earthsea or Ikumen. She has also written novels about the fictional country of Orsinia, and published many children's books and anthologies. Le Guin's work is deeply influenced by cultural anthropology, Taoism, feminism, and the work of Carl Jung. Her works often feature anthropologists or cultural observers as protagonists, and she incorporates the concepts of balance and harmony emphasized by Taoism in many of her novels. She often subverts the narrative patterns of traditional fantasy literary works, such as using non-white people as protagonists in the Earthsea series to break existing stereotypes; she is also good at using unusual styles or structural techniques, such as the 1985 experimental work "Forever Home". Her novels often explore social and political issues, covering topics such as race, gender, sexuality, and growing up. She also considered alternative political systems in several works, such as the 1973 philosophical short story "The Man Leaving Omela" and the 1974 novel "Nothing", which depicts an anarchist utopia. Le Guin's works have had a profound influence in the field of fantasy literature

Upton Sinclair Jr. (English: Upton Sinclair Jr., September 20, 1878 - November 25, 1968), an American left-wing writer, was born in Baltimore. He has written more than 90 books and won the Pulitzer Prize. His representative works are "The Jungle" and so on.

The Mad Snail (March 25, 1987 -), whose real name is Wang Tai, was born in Linhai, Taizhou, Zhejiang. He is a contemporary Chinese novelist, screenwriter, and director. He is currently a contracted writer of Qidian.com, the chairman of the Zhejiang Internet Writers Association, and one of the founders and chairman of "Ruohong Culture". In 2018, he won the title of "Top 100 Gods" in the third Chenggua Internet Literature Award, an authoritative award in the Internet literature industry.

Gustave Flaubert (French: Gustave Flaubert, December 12, 1821 - May 8, 1880), born in Rouen, France, was a French novelist, a representative figure of realist literature, and the author of "Madame Bovary".

Tai Jinnong (November 23, 1902 - November 9, 1990), whose surname was Tantai, was originally named Jinnu, and given the nickname Mengwei. His original name was Chuanyan, his nickname was Songzi, and his scientific name was Jingliu. When he entered Peking University, he changed his name to Jinnong, his given name was Bojian, and his later nickname was Jingzhe. Born in Yejiaji Town, Huoqiu County, Anhui Province, he has been writing for a long time and is good at calligraphy. His pen names include: Qingqu, Wenchao, Kong Jia, Shi Lei, Bai Jian, Longpo Resident, etc.

Florence Yeh Chia-ying (English: Florence Yeh Chia-ying, July 2, 1924 - November 24, 2024), nicknamed Jialing, was a bannerman (Manchuria Zhenghuang Banner), dual nationality of the Republic of China and Canada, a scholar of Chinese classical literature, and a poetry writer. "Wang Guowei and His Literary Criticism" written by Ye Jiaying in 1970 while giving a lecture at Harvard University, is a classic of Chinese and Western comparative literary theory. Another masterpiece, "The Jingwei Complex in Wang Jingwei's Poems" is a rare study of Wang Jingwei's poems and interprets Wang Jingwei's National Government from his poems. She is known for her charisma in lectures at the university, among which the "Ye Jiaying Classical Poetry Lectures" National Taiwan University Open Course and "Seventeen Lectures on Tang and Song Poems" were published as videos.

Marie-Henri Beyle (French: Marie-Henri Beyle, January 23, 1783 - March 23, 1842), pen name Stendhal, was a 19th-century French writer, a pioneer and representative of critical realism. He is famous for his accurate psychological analysis of characters and concise writing style. His representative works include "The Red and the Black" (1830), "The Abbey of Parma" (1839), etc.

Turgon Almas (old Uyghur text: تۇرغۇن ئالماس, Latin Uyghur: Turghun Almas, October 30, 1924 - September 11, 2001), also translated as Turgon Almas, is a Chinese Uyghur writer. Member of the Communist Party of China and member of the Chinese Writers Association. After 1946, he successively served as a primary school teacher, principal of Kashgar Normal School, editor of "Forward News" in Yili District 3, teacher of Xinjiang Public Security School, and editor of "Tarimu" magazine. He was arrested and imprisoned during the Cultural Revolution. After being released from prison, he was assigned to work as a professional writer in the Federation of Literary and Art Circles of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. He has served as a director of the Xinjiang Federation of Literary and Art Circles and a researcher at the Institute of Central Asia, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.

Zhou Zuoren (January 16, 1885 - May 6, 1967), whose original name was Kui Shou (later changed to Kui Shou), also known as Xing Piao, also known as Qiming, Qimeng, Qimeng, pen name Yashou, Zhongmi, Qiming, and nicknamed Zhitang , Yaotang, etc., the name of the study is Ku Yuzhai, male, from Shaoxing, Zhejiang, modern Chinese essayist, literary theorist, critic, poet, translator, Japan expert, pioneer of Chinese folklore, representative of the New Culture Movement. The younger brother of Lu Xun (Zhou Shuren) and the elder brother of Zhou Jianren. He has successively served as professor and director of the Department of Oriental Literature at National Peking University, and director and visiting professor of the Department of New Literature at Yenching University. During the New Culture Movement, he was an important fan author of "New Youth" and served as the editor-in-chief of Xinchao News Agency. After the May 4th Movement, he initiated the establishment of the "Literary Research Association" with Zheng Zhenduo, Shen Yanbing, Ye Shaojun, Xu Dishan and others; and co-founded the "Yusi" weekly with Lu Xun, Lin Yutang, Sun Fuyuan and others, serving as editor-in-chief and main contributor.

Nelle Harper Lee (English: Nelle Harper Lee, April 28, 1926 - February 19, 2016) was an American writer born in Monroeville, Alabama. She is best known for her 1960 novel "The Maycomb Story" and won the Pulitzer Prize in 1961. In 2007, Lee was awarded the U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom in recognition of outstanding literary achievements.

Harold Pinter CH CBE (English: Harold Pinter, October 10, 1930 - December 24, 2008) was a British playwright and theater director. His works include stage plays, radio, television and film works. Pinter's early works are often classified as theater of the absurd. He is also the winner of the 2005 Nobel Prize for Literature.

George Huntington (English: George Huntington, April 9, 1850 - March 3, 1916) was an American medical scientist who discovered Huntington's disease.

Erica Jong (English: Erica Jong, March 26, 1942-), American writer, famous for her novels and poetry.

Eliezer "Elie" Wiesel (September 30, 1928 - July 2, 2016) was a writer, teacher, active politician, Nobel Prize winner and Holocaust survivor. The first work "Night" describes his family's experience in the Nazi concentration camp, and its influence is as famous as "Annie's Diary". The Nobel Prize Committee praised him as a "messenger of humanity" and "an important spiritual leader in a world filled with racial discrimination." When Wiesel received the award, he said, "No matter when and where human beings are suffering and being humiliated in the world, you must choose a side. Remaining neutral will only encourage the oppressors, not the victims." Obama called him "the moral voice of our generation and the conscience of the world." Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, "He was a light in the darkness and always believed in the good side of humanity." On July 2, 2016, Israel's Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum confirmed Wiesel's death at the age of 87.

Elias Canetti (German: Elias Canetti, July 25, 1905 - August 14, 1994) was a Bulgarian-born Sephardic Jewish novelist, critic, sociologist and playwright. He was the winner of the 1981 Nobel Prize for Literature. He writes in German. Canetti's famous works include the autobiographical trilogy: Die Gerettete Zunge (The Tongue of Salvation), Die Fackel im Ohr (The Torch in the Ear), Das Augenspiel (The Game of the Eyes), the modernist novel Auto-da-Fé (Auto-da-Fé) and the sociological work Masse und Macht (Mass and Power).

Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlöf (Swedish: Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlöf, pronunciation: [ˈsɛ̂lːma ˈlɑ̂ːɡɛˌɭøːv]; November 20, 1858 - March 16, 1940) was a Swedish writer and teacher, represented by the fairy tale "The Goose Riding". He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1909, becoming the first Swedish writer to win the prize and the first female winner of the prize.

Charles Pierre Baudelaire (French: Charles Pierre Baudelaire, April 9, 1821 - August 31, 1867), French poet, pioneer of Symbolist poetry, founder of modernism, and originator of prose poetry. His representative works include the poetry collection "Flowers of Evil" and the prose collection "Le Spleen de Paris" (Le Spleen de Paris).

Charlotte Brontë (English: Charlotte Brontë, April 21, 1816 - March 31, 1855), a 19th-century British female writer and poet, the author of the world literary work "Jane Eyre", and one of the three Brontë sisters. His works innovated the framework of fictional novels. He was the first writer to use personal consciousness in his stories, and the first person in the history of British literature to use women's voices as the theme of his novels.