1. Zhang Ailing, a modern Chinese writer, whose real name is Zhang Yong.
Born on September 30, 1920 in a imitation Western-style mansion built in the late Qing Dynasty at No. 313 Megen Road in the West District of the Shanghai Public Concession. Zhang Ailing's family background is prominent. Her grandfather Zhang Peilun was a famous official in the late Qing Dynasty, and her grandmother Li Jucou was the eldest daughter of Li Hongzhang, an important official in the imperial court.
Zhang Ailing created a large number of literary works throughout her life, including novels, essays, film scripts and literary treatises. Her letters have also been studied as part of her works.
2. Pushkin (1799-1837), Russian writer.
Representative work: "Eugene Onegin". Reason for selection: He is a famous Russian litterateur, considered by many to be Russia's greatest poet and the founder of modern Russian literature. The main representative of Russian romantic literature in the 19th century. His representative works include the poems "Ode to Freedom", "To the Sea", "To Chadayev", etc., the verse novel "Eugene Onegin", the novella "The Captain's Daughter", etc.
3. Lu Xun (1881-1936), Chinese writer.
Representative works: "The True Story of Ah Q", "Diary of a Madman", etc. Reason for selection: He is a great modern Chinese writer, thinker and revolutionary. The founder of modern Chinese literature, a pioneer in ideological emancipation, China's first vernacular novelist, and a leader of the New Culture Movement. He wrote 6 million words in his life, including 5 million words in writings and 1 million words in editing and letters.
His "Mending the Sky" is considered to be the "Creation" of the Chinese nation. "New Stories" uses absurd techniques to express serious themes and creates a new way of writing historical novels. Kenzaburo Oe of Japan, winner of the 1994 Nobel Prize for Literature, said in an exclusive interview that Lu Xun was the greatest writer in Asia in the 20th century.
4. Sima Qian (145 BC - 90 BC), Chinese writer.
Representative work: "Historical Records". Reason for selection: He is a great historian, writer and thinker in the Western Han Dynasty of China. , served as Taishi Ling, was castrated for defending Li Ling's defeat, and later served as Zhongshu Ling. He worked hard to complete the historical books he wrote, and was honored as Shi Qian, Tai Shi Gong and the Father of History by later generations. In 91 BC (the second year of Zhenghe), the entire "Historical Records" was completed.
5. Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910), Russian writer.
Representative work: "War and Peace". Reason for selection: He was the greatest Russian writer in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and one of the most outstanding writers in the history of world literature. His literary works occupy a very important position in world literature.