Famous modern Chinese writer and playwright--Lao She
Li Longyun, a famous writer and playwright.
Tian Han, the famous Chinese playwright and poet
Cao Yu, the outstanding modern Chinese playwright
Lao She, the famous modern Chinese writer and playwright
< p> His original name was Shu Qingchun, with the courtesy name Sheyu, and his other pen names were Xu Qing, Honglai, Feiwo, etc. Lao She is his most commonly used pen name.Lao She is a Manchu Zhenghongbanner person. Lao She was born on February 3, 1899, into a poor family in Xiaoyangjia Hutong, Xicheng, Beijing. His father was a guard guarding the imperial city. He was killed in a street battle in 1900 against the invasion of the Eight-Power Allied Forces. From then on, the family relied on the meager income earned by the mother sewing clothes and working as a handyman. Lao She spent his difficult childhood and adolescence in a large courtyard. The daily life in the courtyard made him familiar with the urban poor who struggled at the bottom of society, such as rickshaw pullers, handicraft workers, small vendors, low-level entertainers, prostitutes, etc. since he was a child, and he was well aware of their joys, sorrows and joys. The life in the courtyard made him love traditional arts (such as folk arts and drama) spread in the streets and alleys since he was a child, and he was attracted by their charm. From such an environment, he received a different life education and artistic enlightenment from most writers in modern China. These all had a great influence on him and left a distinctive mark on his creations.
Li Longyun,
famous writer and playwright. In 1979, he entered the Chinese Department of Nanjing University as a graduate student, studying under Mr. Chen Baichen. In 1982, he worked as a full-time playwright at the Beijing People's Art Theater. In 1987, he was listed as one of the nine contemporary Chinese playwrights in the "Chinese Characters" column in the 12th issue of "Ban Yue Tan". In 1988, he was selected as one of the "Top Ten Outstanding Chinese Contemporary Playwrights". In 1993, he began to enjoy the special allowance for “intellectuals with outstanding contributions” issued by the State Council.
Tian Han, a famous Chinese playwright and poet
Tian Han has written more than 100 plays, operas, operas, and film scripts, mainly including "A Night at the Coffee Shop", "The Night of the Tiger", " "Death of a Famous Actor", "Chaos Bell", "The Tempest on the Yangtze River", "Beauty's Journey", "Guan Hanqing", "Princess Wencheng", "The Legend of White Snake", etc., and has written a large number of poems and lyrics. The most famous among them is the "March of the Volunteers", which is the "National Anthem of the People's Republic of China" written by him and composed by Nie Er.
The outstanding modern Chinese playwright Cao Yu
The outstanding modern Chinese playwright, he is called "China's Shakespeare". The original name was Wanjiabao, and the courtesy name was Xiaoshi. His ancestral home is Qianjiang County, Hubei Province, and he was born into a declining feudal bureaucratic family in Tianjin.
His father once served as President Li Yuanhong's secretary, but later became unemployed and depressed. Cao Yu lost his mother when he was young and grew up in a repressive atmosphere. He has a depressed and introverted personality. At the age of three, he went to the theater with his stepmother and became a little theater fan. In 1922, he enrolled in Nankai Middle School and joined the Nankai New Theater Troupe. His mentor Zhang Pengchun paid special attention to him, and he was famous for playing roles such as Nora, showing off his acting talent. When he was young, he liked to write new poems, often expressing sentimental and sad tones. In 1928, he entered the Department of Political Science of Nankai University and the following year transferred to the Department of Western Literature of Tsinghua University. While in school, he continued to act in plays and studied a large number of Chinese and foreign plays. On the eve of graduation in 1933, at the age of only 23, he completed his debut novel "Thunderstorm". Then he published "Sunrise" and "Wilderness".
In 1933, the 23-year-old Cao Yu created "Thunderstorm" and became a radiant star rising in the Chinese theater world. Subsequently, "Sunrise" (1936), "Wilderness" (1937), and "Peking Man" were published one after another. During this period, he served as a professor at the National Nanjing Academy of Drama. His trilogy of dramas, like monuments, stand in the Chinese theater world, thus determining Cao Yu's foundational position in the development of Chinese drama, especially in drama literature.
After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, Cao Yu went to Chongqing and Jiang'an. Rushed to the liberated areas in 1947. After liberation, he held leadership positions in the literary and art circles for a long time. In 1951, the Beijing People's Art Theater was established and he served as its first director.
Cao Yu is a writer with rich emotions. When he was creating "Thunderstorm", "there seemed to be a turbulent flow of emotion pushing me. I vented my suppressed anger and slandered Chinese families and society." At the same time, he also strives to portray the harsh life in a profound way through the true description of the story, and reminds the cruelty of the character's fate through the high degree of coincidence of the character's fate. In the creation of "Sunrise", Cao Yu was even more filled with anger than when he wrote "Thunderstorm". This is another stronger and deeper output of his emotions, and it is the writer's noble humanitarianism. An indictment of the old world. "Peking Man" is the best script written by Cao Yu. It was completed after a long time of thinking.
It not only contains the hope and longing of the writer, but also reflects the writer's pursuit and yearning for a higher aesthetic realm of drama. It is a peak in Cao Yu's creative process and a masterpiece handed down from generation to generation