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Remembering a father of the modern novel
May 17, 2013, Friday
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SHI Zhecun, a writer, translator and scholar (1905-2003), is considered one of the founders of modern Chinese fiction.
He was born in Hangzhou, the capital of Zhejiang Province, but grew up in Songjiang. He began learning traditional Chinese literature and Western languages from the age of eight.
He became a teacher at Songjiang Middle School, but the allure of Shanghai as a melting pot of artists during the 1920s and 1930s beckoned.
In 1929, his novel "Kumarajiva" was published, drawing on Freudian theory. It was the first novel in China to weave psychoanalysis into a plot.
Novel of psychoanalysis
In 1930, Shi founded the popular literary magazine "Modern Times" and became a professional writer.
He translated many foreign literary works, including the poems of Yeats and the novels of Schnitzler, into Chinese. He also traveled widely around China, giving guest lectures at universities.
His literary career was interrupted during the cultural revolution period (1966-76), when his works came under attack as "anti-socialist." Stung by the slander leveled against him, Shi gave up writing and turned to the study of Chinese classics and ancient engravings.
In the early 1980s, he returned to fiction writing.
One critic likened his works to "an elegant Chinese lady attired in a traditional qipao, dancing a passionate waltz."
He was born in Hangzhou, the capital of Zhejiang Province, but grew up in Songjiang. He began learning traditional Chinese literature and Western languages from the age of eight.
He became a teacher at Songjiang Middle School, but the allure of Shanghai as a melting pot of artists during the 1920s and 1930s beckoned.
In 1929, his novel "Kumarajiva" was published, drawing on Freudian theory. It was the first novel in China to weave psychoanalysis into a plot.
Novel of psychoanalysis
In 1930, Shi founded the popular literary magazine "Modern Times" and became a professional writer.
He translated many foreign literary works, including the poems of Yeats and the novels of Schnitzler, into Chinese. He also traveled widely around China, giving guest lectures at universities.
His literary career was interrupted during the cultural revolution period (1966-76), when his works came under attack as "anti-socialist." Stung by the slander leveled against him, Shi gave up writing and turned to the study of Chinese classics and ancient engravings.
In the early 1980s, he returned to fiction writing.
One critic likened his works to "an elegant Chinese lady attired in a traditional qipao, dancing a passionate waltz."
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