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Ma Jian

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Ma Jian (August 18, 1953 -), formerly known as Ma Jiangang, is a Chinese writer living in England.

Category
Artists
Nationality
U.K.
Born
1953-08-18
Wikidata
Q389454
Occupations writerphotographerpoetpainter
Aliases Ma JianMa Jian

Ma Jian — biography

Ma Jian (August 18, 1953 -), formerly known as Ma Jiangang, is a Chinese writer living in England. Served as a reporter for the All-China Federation of Trade Unions. In 1986, he went to Hong Kong and founded New Century Publishing House. 1987Year2month of his works《Show your tongue or leave it empty》Recommended by Gao Xingjian in《people's literature》,This article was criticized by Shen Weirong, professor of Tibetology at Tsinghua University, as“actually,Most of the stories Ma Jian tells in this novel are impossible to see or take place in1980Tibet in the 1960s,They are just modern versions of《The sea of ​​monks and nuns》Tibetan stories。After all,What this novel continues is the consistent view of Tibetan Buddhism in the Han cultural tradition.,Its roots can even be traced directly to《Gengshen Foreign History》。”,and was regarded as an insult by Tibetans in Beijing.,Later banned in China。 Because of this incident, the Secretariat of the Chinese Writers Association decided to suspend Liu Xinwu, editor-in-chief of People's Literature, for inspection.

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