Mo Yan (pronounced /m oʊ j ɛ n/, Chinese: 莫言; pinyin: Mò Yán; meaning “don’t speak”) was born Guan Moye (simplified Chinese: 管谟业; traditional Chinese: 管謨業; pinyin: Guǎn Móyè) on March 5, 1955. He is a Chinese writer who became well-known for his 1984 novella, A Transparent Radish. His 1986 novel, Red Sorghum, brought him international recognition.
Shen Dehong, also known as Mao Dun, was a Chinese writer, journalist, and cultural critic who lived from July 4, 1896, to March 27, 1981. He is most famous for his realist novels, such as Midnight, which describes life in the busy and diverse city of Shanghai. Mao Dun was one of the founders of the Chinese Communist Party and took part in important cultural movements in China during the 1920s and 1930s.
Lu Xun, born Zhou Shuren and also known as Zhou Zhangshou, was a Chinese writer who lived from September 25, 1881, to October 19, 1936. He was a key figure in modern Chinese literature. He wrote stories, essays, poems, and political articles in both simple and traditional Chinese.
Shu Qingchun (Chinese: 舒慶春; February 3, 1899 – August 24, 1966), who wrote under the name Lao She, was a Chinese author of Manchu heritage. He is famous for writing about city life and using the Beijing dialect in his works, such as the novel Rickshaw Boy and the play Teahouse. During the Cultural Revolution, he faced harsh treatment and either took his own life or was killed.
Gao Xingjian (Chinese: 高行健; born January 4, 1940) is a Chinese person who later became a French citizen. He is a novelist, playwright, critic, painter, photographer, film director, and translator. In 2000, he won the Nobel Prize in Literature for his work, which has universal value, deep insights, and creative use of language.
Dai Sijie was born on March 2, 1954. He is a Chinese and French writer and filmmaker who has lived in France since 1984. He writes in French.
Cao Xueqin ( [tsʰa ̌ ʊ ɕɥe ̀ tɕʰi ̌ n] tsow sh’weh-chin ; 4 April 1710 – 10 June 1765) was a Chinese writer and poet who lived during the Qing dynasty. He is most famous for writing Dream of the Red Chamber, one of the four most important classic novels in Chinese literature. His real name was Cao Zhan ( 曹霑 ), and his formal name was Mengruan.
Mercedes Valdivieso (born Isabel Mercedes Ignacia Valenzuela Álvarez; March 1, 1924 – August 3, 1993) was a Chilean writer. She was born in Santiago, Chile, and is best known for her early works, which challenged traditional ideas. In 1961, she wrote La Brecha (Breakthrough), a novel considered an important feminist work in Latin America.
Amelia Solar de Claro (October 11, 1836 – November 21, 1915) was a Chilean poet, playwright, and writer of essays.
Marcela Serrano, born in 1951, is a Chilean novelist. In 1994, her first novel, Para que no me olvides, won the Santiago Literary Prize. Her second book, Nosotras que nos queremos tanto, received the Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize for women writers in Spanish.