1 949101October1,People's Republic of China (PRC) was proclaimed. 19 From July 2nd to June 2nd, the National Congress of China Literary and Art Workers (the first literary and art congress) was held in Beiping.
Generally speaking, this congress is regarded as the beginning of China's contemporary literature. The General Assembly adopted the Constitution of the All-China Federation of Literary and Art Circles and formally established the All-China Federation of Literary and Art Circles. As one of the subordinate associations of the All-China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, the All-China Federation of Literary Writers was formally established in Beiping in July, and Mao Dun was the chairman of the All-China Federation of Literary and Art Circles in Ren Zhonghua.
1953 In September, the All-China Writers Association was renamed the Chinese Writers Association. The two most important organ newspapers sponsored or founded by the Writers Association are Literary and Art Newspaper and People's Literature. Literary and Art Newspaper was founded in September, 1949. At first, it was directly presided over by the All-China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, and then entrusted to the Chinese Writers Association for escrow, until it officially became a direct publication of the Writers Association. Since its establishment (1949 10.25), People's Literature has been the directly under the authority publication of the National Writers Association. The main difference between People's Literature and Literary Newspaper, which focuses on literary policy, literary thought and theoretical criticism, is that People's Literature is the highest literary publication in the country, which mainly publishes various literary works.
In the early days of the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), writers who were active in the historical period of national and democratic revolution devoted themselves to the struggle of building socialism. Their masterpieces describing "new characters and new world" and important articles of literary and artistic leaders are mostly published in People's Literature. The literary criticism of Mao Dun, Ye Shengtao, Hu Qiaomu and Zhou Yang promoted the healthy development of new literature. Short stories written by,,,, Liu, He Rong, dramas written by Xia Yan and Lao She, poems written by Cang Kejia, Ai Qing, He Qifang and Li Ji, or magnificent pictures showing the history of revolutionary struggle and defending the victory, or praising the changes of the times when working people began to take control of their own destiny. Among them, Ding Ling's Cold Desert Director, Lu Ling's Battle on the Depression, Qin Zhaoyang's Local Notes, Kang Zhuo's Autumn Harvest and other short stories, Zhang Tianyi's children's literature, Luo's Story, Lao She's From San Francisco to Tianjin, Ba Jin's Living, etc., a number of new writers grew up with New China in this period. Most of their first or famous works were published in People's Literature. Works by Liu Shaotang, Bai Hua, Wang Yuanjian, Lee Joon, Lin Jinlan, Serina Liu, Xiao Ping, Wang Meng, Malaqinfu, Tran Dang Khoa, Wen Jie, Shao Yanxiang, Li Ying, Gong Liu and Ke Yan. It is full of vitality of new life, or contains reflections on history and future, which shows the vigorous vitality and strong potential of the first generation of young writers and poets after the founding of the People's Republic of China.
From 65438 to 0956, China's socialist system was basically established. Under the guidance of the policy of "letting a hundred flowers blossom and a hundred schools of thought contend", the literary world once presented a scene of prosperity. "People's Literature" published some innovative works that sharply touched the disadvantages of the times and boldly explored, which promoted the activity and liberation of literary thoughts and promoted the further development of literary creation. Liu's reportage "On the Bridge Site", "Inside the Newspaper" and Wang Meng's short story "The New Youth of the Organization Department" bravely exposed social contradictions and tried to impact old ideas, which caused great social repercussions. At the same time, Wang's Snowy Night, Xiao Ping's Three Houses in the Snow, Luo's Father and Daughter, Shanghai Girl, Sun Li's Iron Tree Prequel, Rain, Li Guowen's Re-election, Zong Pu's Red Bean and other novels with novel themes and styles have been refreshing.
1957 After the autumn, the "Left" trend of thought gradually developed, and the creative path became narrower and narrower, and people's literature was deeply influenced. However, writers who have matured after tempering are still obsessed with the artistic pursuit of realism. Zhao Shuli's Exercise, Wang Yuanjian's Ordinary Laborers, Ru Zhijuan's Lily, Zhou Libo's Beyond the Mountain, Ma Feng's My First Superior, Bing Xin's Before Returning to China, Lee Joon's Biography of Li Shuangshuang, Ba Jin's Heart of the Commander and other short stories and Zhou Libo's novels. The screenplay Lu Xun Biography by Chen et al., the historical drama Jian Dan by Cao Yu and the comic dialogue Yin Yang and Five Elements by Hou all have high cognitive and aesthetic values.
After 196 1 year, the literary policy has been adjusted, and the literary garden has shown a new prosperity. People's Literature highlights the creative characteristics of this period, and the published works have a wide range of themes. Novels such as Elegy of Chen Xianghe by Tao Yuanming, A Night in the Sheep House by Wang Zengqi, Sister Lai by Xi Rong, Running Water, reportage such as Xu Chi's Under the Qilian Mountain and Huang Zongying's Carrying the Flag, and so on. As well as Qin Mu's Land, Yang Shuo's Camellia Fu and Liu's. 1962 In May, at the request of People's Literature, Mao Zedong first published his old work Six Poems.
1963 After the autumn, the "Left" trend of thought intensified again, and people's literature was once again greatly restricted. Although some achievements have been made in discovering and cultivating new literary talents by opening up columns such as "New Flowers" and "Story Meeting", it is difficult to list the works that make people shine in the pages after 1964. During the Cultural Revolution, People's Literature was forced to stop publishing. 1976 10 reprinted, Jiang Zilong's short story "A Day of the Director of Electrical and Mechanical Services" was published, but it was finally suppressed. People's Literature 1965
After the demise of Jiang Qing's counter-revolutionary clique, people's literature gained a new life. 1June 1977 to1June 1983, (Guang William. J), successively served as editor-in-chief, Ge Luo, Liu Jianqing as deputy editor-in-chief, Wang Meng, Sun Li, Yan Wenjing, Zhang Tianyi, He Jingzhi, Yuan Ying,,,, Xie Bingxin and Wei as editor-in-chief. Xinmin Literature has played an important role in the prosperity and development of literature in the new period. 1977165438+10, People's Literature published Liu's short story "The Head Teacher" in time, which took the lead in raising the banner of restoring and carrying forward the revolutionary realism tradition. In February 65438, the literary and art circles held a symposium of literary and art workers in Beijing in the name of people's literature, and began the struggle to set things right and emancipate the mind. 1978, 1 year, people's literature published Xu Chi's reportage Goldbach conjecture, 1979 in July and September, the short story Director Joe took office and Liu's reportage Between Monsters were published one after another, which aroused strong repercussions among readers. I hope everyone can feel the same way.
In order to promote the further perfection and development of short story creation, People's Literature has been entrusted by the Chinese Writers Association for five consecutive national excellent short story awards from 1978 to 1982, among which the works published by People's Literature rank first in the number of awards. In the past, works with great response to awards, such as Liu's Head Teacher, Notes on Director Joe's Appointment, and Xu Huaizhong's Anecdotes on the Western Front, all came from People's Literature. Among the winning works are the new achievements of old writers, such as One Night in Xiangjiang River by Zhou Libo and The Wedding Scene by Ma Feng. There are representative works of middle-aged writers, such as Footprints by Zong Pu, Dreams on a String, Dedication by Lu, Mismade Stories by Ru Zhijuan, Memories by Li Guowen, Eclipse by Chen Huansheng, The Sound of Spring by Wang Meng and Liu Houming. Most of them are written by newcomers, such as Why Riders Sing Mothers by Zhang Chengzhi, Xiang Chang by He, Thirty Million by Ke Yunlu, Summer by Zhang Kangkang, and Looking at the Grass Fields in the West by Han Shaogong. These works hit the real social problems, conveyed people's voices and condensed their meditation on history and vision for the future; Or colorful, passionate; It is elegant and profound, full of realistic and innovative spirit.
In 1977 ~ 1980, 198 1 ~ 1982, works published by people's literature, such as Xu Chi's Goldbach Conjecture, Liu's Between Monsters and Ke Yan's Captain. Ba Jin's Portrait of Looking at the Prime Minister and Ding Ling's Du Wanxiang are affectionate and sincere. Poems such as Ai Qing's Ode to Light have touched the heartstrings of millions of readers. Cao Yu's new historical drama "Wang Zhaojun", Lao She's posthumous work "Red Flag Spectrum", Wei Wei's novel "Oriental" and Yao's novel "Li Zicheng" can all give people a high degree of artistic enjoyment. 1976 The first issue of People's Literature
1In July, 983, Wang Meng became the editor-in-chief of People's Literature, with Liu Jianqing, Cui and Wang as deputy editors and Yan Wenjing as consultants, forming a young new editorial board. Members of the new editorial board include, Ru Zhijuan, Yuan Ying, Xu Chi, Xu Huaizhong, Huang Zongying, Xie,, and Ge Luo. In "Not Only for Literature", the new editorial board told readers: "We hope to dedicate a pleasing literary publication to readers, and we hope to dedicate it to the voices of hundreds of millions of people and the magnificent and mottled picture of the times". People's literature is trying to realize this wish. People's Literature was first published on1949 65438+125 October, and Mao Zedong wrote an inscription for the first issue: "I hope more good works will come out." Mao Dun, the first editor-in-chief, pointed out in the preface: The main task of People's Literature is to "reflect the growth of new China through various literary styles, express and praise the great achievements of the people in revolutionary struggle and production and construction, and create people's literature with rich ideological content and artistic value, which is loved by the people, so as to play its great role in educating the people." At the same time, People's Literature should also play an active role in the work of "cultivating new literary power among the masses" and "establishing scientific literary theory and literary criticism". Its previous editors-in-chief, deputy editors-in-chief and editorial committees were composed of writers, poets, critics and editors with outstanding contributions and prestige. From 1949 to 1966, Mao Dun, Ai Qing, Ding Ling, Shao Quanlin, Yan Wenjing, Qin Zhaoyang, Ge Luo, Zhang Tianyi, Chen, and so on. He has served as editor-in-chief and deputy editor-in-chief. He Qifang, Zhao Shuli, Zhou Libo, Sha Ting, Yuan Shuipai, Hu Feng, Wu Zuxiang, Ai Wu, Wei Wei and Xie Bingxin.
Starting from 1956, People's Literature was published in 55 1 issue as of July 2005, except for1966, which was closed in June and February. This 55 1 period is a witness to the development of contemporary literature in China, which brings together almost all kinds of literary achievements created by all literary elites in China. Many works with great influence and sensational effect were first published by People's Literature. Groups of writers went to the literary world through People's Literature, which attracted attention at home and abroad.