Pen name: Huang Jueshu
Gender: Male Date of birth: 1932
Nationality: Han
Poet and writer. A native of Wan County, Sichuan. A member of the Chinese Writers Association, he studied at Wanxian Middle School and Provincial Wanxian Normal School. When he was 13 years old, the short story "Heavy Pressure", which described the oppression of the poor by the gentry, was published in the supplement of Wanzhou Daily in Wanxian County. He joined the Chinese People's Liberation Army in the winter of 1949 and went to fight in North Korea in 1950. He wrote a number of poems on the front line and compiled them into his first collection of poems "New Year". Among them, "My Husband is a Hero" was widely circulated and won the 1955 Central and South China Prize. First Prize for Military Region Art Performance Creation and Volunteer Army Headquarters Outstanding Creation Award. The lyrics "Picking Yangmei on Jinggang Mountain", "Guangdong is Good", and "The People's Army is Loyal to the Party" won the Outstanding Creation Award at the Third Chinese People's Liberation Army Art Performance in 1964. Zhang Yongmei's poetry creations are mostly based on the life of soldiers. His works are full of sincere feelings and his words are simple and smooth. His major works include poetry collections "New Year" and "Poems by the Sea"; novels and documentary literature "Red Scarf Soul" and "Soldiers in the Mountains"; songs (lyrics) "The People's Army is Loyal to the Party", "Picking Yangmei on Jinggang Mountain", " "Plain Warfare" etc. Zhang Yongmei has served as a member of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army Art Troupe, a member of the Soldier Song and Dance Ensemble of the Guangzhou Military Region, and a creative member of the literary and artistic creation group of the Political Department of the Guangzhou Military Region. Most of the poetry creations in recent years mainly reflect the style of the military and civilians in the new era. In 2010, he won the first Lifetime Achievement Award for Literature and Art in Guangdong Province. Evaluation of artistic achievements: The work is praised as a poem with "warrior style".