Since 1979, Wang Guozhen has been engaged in poetry creation for nearly 30 years, and his various versions of poetry have a circulation of over 10 million copies, and his poems have been sought after by countless readers. Until 20 1 1, there were still five publishing houses publishing his poems.
Wang Guozhen began to write poems when he was studying in the Chinese Department of Jinan University. From 65438 to 0978, he read Lu Xinhua's novel Scar, which was deeply inspired and produced an irresistible creative passion. 1April 3, 979, Wang Guozhen's poems were first published in China Youth Daily. A few days later, he received a letter of encouragement from the editor and a fee of two yuan. This greatly encouraged Wang Guozhen. From then on, he often went to the reading room and spread his works to newspapers and periodicals all over the country like a net. Although his works were often rejected, he never gave up. 1988, at the low tide, he met Du Weidong, then deputy editor-in-chief of Pursuit magazine. Du Weidong compiled and distributed a group of Wang Guozhen's poems, which were reprinted by the preface of Reader's Digest (now called Reader) with a circulation of millions, and Wang Guozhen became popular.
Du Weidong, former editor-in-chief of Selected Novels magazine of Chinese Writers Association and vice president of China Documentary Literature Research Association, choked on the phone when interviewed by reporters. He commented on Wang Guozhen: "Pure, elegant, sincere, indifferent and grateful." More than two years ago, Du Weidong met Wang Guozhen at a meeting of the Writers Association and joked, "I heard that your calligraphy and painting have appreciated, and I dare not expect anything more ..." Wang Guozhen called him the next day and told him that he had drawn a word for him and had it taken away immediately.
1990 In the spring, Li, editor of the Culture and Art Publishing House of China Academy of Fine Arts where Wang Guozhen is located, found Wang Guozhen and said that Xueyuan Publishing House would publish a collection of poems for him. It turns out that the wife of Meng Guang, editor of Academy Press, is a teacher of Beijing Taipingqiao Middle School. One day in class, she found that her classmates were passing around with a small notebook, so she took a look. That's a manuscript of Wang Guozhen's poems. The teacher asked: Why do you like his poems? Student A: Not only do we copy, but people outside are also copying! Only then did the teacher know that copying Wang Guozhen's poems has become a "fashion" for teenagers.
As soon as Wang Guozhen's poems were published, they caused a sensation. At that time, more than 20 publishing houses flocked to reprint a edition, and the number of prints ranged from hundreds of thousands to hundreds of thousands.
"Wang Guozhen's poetry has never entered the evaluation system of mainstream literature. But what we can't ignore is the influence of Wang Guozhen's poems on the public. I haven't seen any contemporary poet who has a greater influence on ordinary readers than him. I think Wang Guozhen's poems still need time and historical evaluation. " Du Weidong said.