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Chen Zhongshi (simplified Chinese: 陈忠实; traditional Chinese: 陳忠實; pinyin: Chén Zhōngshí; 3 August 1942 – 29 April 2016) was a Chinese author. He started writing prose in 1965 and finished his magnum opus White Deer Plain in 1993 (for which he won the Mao Dun Literature Prize in 1997).[2] In 1979, he became a member of the Chinese Writers Association (which he at one point served as the association's vice chairman).

Chen Zhongshi
Native name	陈忠实
Born	(1942-08-03)3 August 1942[1] Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
Died	29 April 2016(2016-04-29) (aged 73) Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
Occupation	Novelist
Language	Chinese
Period	1965–2016
Genre	Novel, prose
Notable works	White Deer Plain
Notable awards	4th Mao Dun Literary Prize 1996 White Deer Plain

Biography

Chen was born in Xi'an, Shaanxi on 3 August 1942.[3] After graduating from No. 34 High School of Xi'an in 1962, he got a teaching job in primary school and, after two years, became a senior high school teacher. In 1966, Chen joined the Chinese Communist Party. He was interested in literature and soon began devoting himself to a writing career.

Chen became the vice director of Culture Bureau of Baqiao District of Xi'an in 1980. He served as a member of the Writers Association of Shaanxi, becoming vice president in 1985 and chairman in 1993. Between 2001 and 2006, he was the vice president of the Chinese Writers Association.[4]

Chen died on 29 April 2016 at the age of 73 in Xi'an.[5]

Works

Short stories

• Trust (信任)
• Country (乡村)
• Early Summer (初夏)
• The courtyard of the Kangs (康家小院)

Novels

• White Deer Plain(白鹿原)
  • White Deer Plain, which has a large following in China, as of 2016, had not been translated into English.[6]

Reportage

• "渭北高原，關於一個人的記憶"[7]

References

На других языках

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- [en] Chen Zhongshi

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[ru] Чэнь Чжунши

Чэнь Чжунши (кит. трад. 陳忠實, упр. 陈忠实, пиньинь Chén Zhōngshí; август 1942, Сиань — 29 апреля 2016, там же) — китайский писатель , сценарист, заместитель председателя Союза писателей Китая (2001—2016). Лауреат премии Мао Дуня 1997 года за роман «Равнина белого оленя  (кит.) (рус.»[2].

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