Ray's life
1942, 18. Lei was born in Shangxian County, Shaanxi Province, and went to Jingyang County at the age of 2 [4] (now Shangzhou District, Shangluo City, and was born in Shi Cun, Jinggan Town, Jingyang, Shaanxi Province [5]). Influenced by the ballads spread in Qinchuan for 800 miles and the Shaanxi opera, junior high school began to try to create. 16 years old, published his first work "Little Shepherd" in the Red Youth Daily of the Provincial Youth League Committee. [4]
1962 entered the Chinese Department of Northwest University, and 1967 graduated from the University.
1968, due to the postponement of the Cultural Revolution, he was "re-educated" at the 2 1 division farm of China People's Army near Qingtongxia, Ningxia. 1970 Brief introduction of Lei in May, joined the people of China, and served as the propaganda officer of the Political Department of the 62nd Division. In 197 1, China has been added. 1972 entered * * * Literature and Art Publishing House as an editor.
1979, Lei published a famous poem "Singing on the Grass", which became famous in one fell swoop, and thus established his position in the poetry circle and joined the Chinese Writers Association.
198 1 year, transferred to China workers' publishing house, and served as editor, deputy director, director and office director of the arts department of workers' daily newspaper.
1993 joined Poetry magazine as deputy editor.
From 65438 to 0995, he served as executive vice president of Luxun College of Literature and retired in 2004. [6]
1997, enjoying the special allowance of the State Council.
In 2003, he suffered from rectal cancer and underwent surgery.
On April 25th, 20 12, he was elected as the president of the Chinese Poetry Society and served as the director of the poetry professional committee of the Chinese Writers Association.
He has served as a member of the Fifth, Sixth and Seventh National Committees of the Chinese Writers Association.
Lei's literary creation
Lei's main literary creation began in the early 1970s, with military poems as the background, but he has not made remarkable achievements. From 65438 to 0979, the publication of the long poem "Singing of Grass" was a sensation. Because it was in a period of social disorder after the Cultural Revolution, Weeds Singing took mourning for the tragic death of * * * in the Cultural Revolution as its theme, and through the reflection on the ten-year turmoil and the confession of Lei's brief introduction, it inspired people to wake up in reality. Known as the pioneering work of poetry in the new period and the pioneering work of new realism, it became a typical representative work of the literary world at that time. Weeds Singing has also become the most important and representative work in Lei's creative career.
The famous poem The Grass is Singing;
I dare say: if justice is not done, the red sun will never rise in the east again! I dare say that if the crime is not settled, the earth will have no weight!
From the 1980s to the mid-1990s, Lei produced a large number of poems, the most representative of which was 1984' s collection of poems, The River of Parents.
From the late 1990s to the 20th century, most of Lei's works were prose, especially after suffering from rectal cancer in 2003, Lei's creation reached a new peak, and he published many essays and poems. Lei also pays attention to the creation of youth works. 1998 The Voice of Youth, a collection of youth poems and songs, and Passing Wind, a collection of essays in 2009, are both aimed at young readers. Many of Lei's poems and essays have also been quoted in primary and secondary school textbooks or college entrance examination papers.
Lei's main works
Lei published more than 30 poems and 30 essays in his life.
His poems mainly include Song of Sha Navy (Beijing People's Publishing House, June, 1975), Dragon's Boundary (Baihua Literature and Art Publishing House, August, 1978) and Singing of Grass (1980+065438+1). Shanghai Literature and Art Publishing House), Spring God (Ningxia People's Publishing House in June, 1982), Green Symphony (Chunfeng Literature Publishing House in February, 1983), River of Parents (People's Literature Publishing House in March, 1984), Qinghai People's Publishing House), Heart in the palm (Northwest University Press in June, 1996, 65433 Writers Publishing House), Talking Grass (June, 1997, Anhui Literature and Art Publishing House), Rain in Flowers-Lyrics for * * * and China (September, 2009, Ningxia People's Publishing House), and another collection of youth poems and songs. Two major collections of poetry, * * * Chronology (1979- 1999) (China People's * * * Publishing House, June 2000) and * * * Chronology (1979-2008).
Prose essays mainly include: Hanging Intestine Grass (199 1 April, * * Literature and Art Publishing House), Autumn Soul (1999 0 1 October, Chinese Publishing House) and Soul of Silk Weaving (/kloc-0). Writers' Publishing House), Flying Butterflies (Baihua Literature and Art Publishing House, 0 1, 2004), Fragrant Fragrance and Jade (Literature and Art Publishing House, September, 2004 * *), Voice of the Wild Goose (Changjiang Literature and Art Publishing House, June, 2005), Questions and Answers (06) Anhui Literature and Art, Simple Books (Anhui
In addition, there are poetry anthology "Freehand Life" (200 1 0 1, Chinese Publishing House), the poetry anthology "Motherland, song for you" (Anhui Literature and Art Publishing House in May 2009) and the research translation anthology "Restore the Book of Songs" (2008 10)