Liu Jianwei
Zhenping, Henan, China
People's Liberation Army College of Art
Lu Xun Literature Academy
Beijing Normal University
2005 Heroic Time
Liu Jianwei (simplified Chinese: 柳建伟; traditional Chinese: 柳建偉; pinyin: Liǚ Jiànwěi; born October 1963), also known by his pen name Liu Shengyuan (柳盛元), is a Chinese novelist.[1] He is best known for his novel Heroic Time which won the Mao Dun Literature Prize (2005), one of the most prestigious literature prizes in China.
Biography
Liu was born in Zhenping County, Henan Province in 1963.
After the Cultural Revolution, Liu joined the People's Liberation Army, he graduated from People's Liberation Army College of Information Technology in 1983.[2] After graduation, Liu worked in August First Film Studio.
Liu started to publish novels in 1985.[2]
In 1991, Liu was accepted to People's Liberation Army College of Art and graduated in 1993. Then he entered Lu Xun Literature Academy. Liu was educated in Beijing Normal University from 1994 to 1997. After graduation, Liu worked in Chengdu Military Region.
In 2004, Liu was transferred to August First Film Studio.
Works
Novels
- The Great Wall (北方城郭)
- Breakthrough (突出重围)[3]
- Heroic Time (英雄时代)
- SARS Crisis (SARS危机)
- The Rock (石破惊天)
- The Terrifying Waves (惊涛骇浪)
- Love in the Anti-Japanese War (爱在战火纷飞时)
Reportages
- The Red Sun and the White Sun (红太阳白太阳)
- The Sun Comes Up in the East (日出东方)
- The World Is Not Enough (纵横天下)
Awards
- Heroic Time – 6th Mao Dun Literature Prize (2005)
References
- v
- t
- e
- Zhou Keqin – Xu Mao and His Daughters
- Wei Wei – Orient
- Mo Yingfeng – General's Chant
- Yao Xueyin – Li Zicheng
- Gu Hua – A Small Town Called Hibiscus
- Li Guowen – Spring in Winter
- Wang Huo – War and People
- Chen Zhongshi – White Deer Field
- Liu Sifen – White Gate Willow
- Liu Yumin – Unsettled Autumn
- Zhang Ping – The Choice
- Alai – Red Poppies
- Wang Anyi – The Song of Everlasting Sorrow
- Wang Xufeng – Trilogy of the Tea Masters
- Xiong Zhaozheng – Zhang Juzheng
- Zhang Jie – Wordless
- Chu Chunqiu – Sky of History
- Liu Jianwei – Heroic Time
- Zong Pu – Eastern Concealment
- Jia Pingwa – The Shaanxi Opera
- Chi Zijian – The Last Quarter of the Moon
- Mai Jia – In the Dark
- Zhou Daxin – The Sons of Red Lake
- Zhang Wei – On the Plateau
- Liu Xinglong – The Sky Dwellers
- Mo Yan – Frog
- Bi Feiyu – Massage
- Liu Zhenyun – Someone to Talk To
- Ge Fei – Jiangnan Trilogy
- Wang Meng – The Scenery Around Here
- Li Peifu – Book of Life
- Jin Yucheng – Blossoms
- Su Tong – Shadow of the Hunter
- Liang Xiaosheng - The Human World
- Xu Huaizhong - That Which Can't Be Washed Away
- Xu Zechen - Northward
- Chen Yan - The Protagonist
- Li Er - Brother Ying Wu
- Yang Zhijun [zh] - The Snow Mountain and the Homeland
- Qiao Ye [zh] - Baoshui Village
- Liu Liangcheng [zh] - Bomba
- Sun Ganlu [zh] - A Panorama of Rivers and Mountains
- Dong Xi - Resonance