The people's Literature Publishing House, founded in March 1951, is a national publishing institution whose subsidiary is the Foreign Literature Publishing House. It has published a considerable amount of classic Chinese literary works, representative works of modern and contemporary literature and Chinese versions of outstanding overseas literary works, as well as works on literary theories and children's books etc. Books published over the years have formed an excellent series of public...    more about

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Wang Huo (1924-): His old name was Wang Hongbo. As a native of Rudong (Jiangsu), he is a member of CPC. In 1948, he graduated from Department of Journalism, Fudan University. He ever served as reporter and assistant teacher. In 1949, he acted as member of Shanghai Branch of All-China Literature Federation. He successively served as cadres in the Preparatory Committee in Culture and Education Department of Shanghai Federation of Trade Unions, deputy chief editor of Labor Press and Workers Semimonthly, Member of Editorial Board and Assistant to Editor-in-chief of China's Worker Magazine in Beijing, Party Secretary and Editor-in-chief of the Sichuan Literature and Art Publishing House, Member of the fourth and the fifth sessions of the CPPCC Shandong Province Committee, Executive Director of Shandong Province Writers Association, deputy editor-in-chief and editor of Sichuan People's Publishing House. He was also Member of the fifth and the sixth sessions of CPPCC Sichuan Province Committee, Honorary Vice Chairman of Sichuan Provincial Writers Association, honorary member of the sixth and the seventh sessions of Chinese Writers Association. The State Council awarded the title of National Advanced Worker in 1995. Since 1940s, he has published works. He joined in Chinese Writers Association in 1980. His more than 30 works include saga novel (War and Man (I, II, III), Bloodshed Spring and Autumn——Jie Zhenguo's Legend, Foreign Eighth Route Army, Three-year Thunderbolt, Fire in Fog, Snow Festival, The Mystery of Crown, The Legend of Fireflies, Zen Wisdom), memoirs (Lost Golden Age—Fairy In Jinling, Together Forever, Passer Look Back, Dance Under The Flag Of Allegiance) collection of novellas (Army Soul at Border, Privacy Right, Tide in Heart), essays Candle Beside Western Window, Painting The World, Wang Huo's Prose Essay), collection of short stories (Dreamy Life, Oriental Venice-A legendary Peking Opera Actress), etc. He also authored the film scripts Pingying Grave, End of the World under Moon, Foreign Eighth Route Army, Lvyun Stronghold and so on. War and Man (I, II, III) won the second National Book Award, Yanhuang Cup People Literature Award, the fourth Mao Dun Literature Award, Best Novel Award during the National Eighth Five-Year Plan Period, etc. Bloodshed Spring and Autumn won was the first National Wujin Award for mining industry.