The memorial service for Wang Guozhen, who died of liver cancer, will be held on April 30
Yesterday morning, news of Wang Guozhen’s death spread on Weibo, arousing the memories of many netizens. The poet David posted: "I can't believe that the poet Wang Guozhen passed away at 2:10 in the morning. He just called his cell phone and the person who answered the phone was his sister. He was a very humble person and had the air of a gentleman."
A Beijing Times reporter called Wang Guozhen’s sister Wang Yuhua, and she confirmed the news. "He fell ill suddenly, and it was already very serious when he was diagnosed. I didn't tell my friends, mainly because I was worried that if everyone went to visit, it would aggravate the condition and affect his rest." She revealed that Wang Guozhen's body was bid farewell to The ceremony will be held at 8 a.m. on April 30 in the east hall of Babaoshan Funeral Home in Beijing.
Friend Zhang Baorui said: "I only learned that he was sick a month ago. My friend told me that he was hospitalized, first in the 301 Hospital, and then transferred to the 302 Hospital. He was said to have liver cirrhosis and liver cancer. We are going to go I visited him, but he was already critically ill at that time, and his family did not want outsiders to disturb him."
Wang Guozhen was born in Xiamen, Fujian Province on June 22, 1956 in Beijing. He graduated from the Chinese Department of Jinan University and is a contemporary poet, calligrapher and painter. Writer and composer, graduated from the Chinese Department of Jinan University in 1982. Since 1985, he has focused his spare time on poetry creation. During this period, a limerick "School Day" was published in "China Youth Daily". Since 1990, Wang Guozhen has served as a columnist for "Liaoning Youth", "China Youth", and "Girlfriend", setting off a wave of "Wang Guozhen fever". Since 2005, his calligraphy works have been given to foreign political parties and national leaders as gifts for central leaders’ visits abroad. In 2005, he served as the director of the Literary and Art Creation Center of the Chinese Academy of Arts. According to a July 1997 survey of "Contemporary Chinese Poets People Appreciate" by the Beijing Zero Point Survey Company, he ranked first among poets born after the founding of the People's Republic of China; his collection of poetry has the largest circulation since New Poetry. The most.