Wang Xiaobo

Wang Xiaobo (May 13, 1952 - April 11, 1997), whose ancestral home is Qu County, Sichuan, was born in Beijing and is a writer in the People's Republic of China. When he was young, he worked as a worker and teacher on a farm in Yunnan. Studied at Renmin University of China from 1978 to 1982. In 1984, he went to the United States to study. Obtained a master's degree from the University of Pittsburgh in 1988. Later he taught at Peking University and Renmin University of China. After 1992, he became a freelance writer. He died of a heart attack in Beijing on April 11, 1997.