China Writers Association
| 中国作家协会 | |
.jpg) Headquarters of the CWA | |
| Formation | July 23, 1949 |
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| Type | People's organization |
| Headquarters | 25 Dongtucheng Road, Chaoyang, Beijing |
President | Tie Ning |
| Website | www |
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| Simplified Chinese | 中国作家协会 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 中國作家協會 | ||||||
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| Abbreviation | |||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 中国作协 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 中國作協 | ||||||
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The China Writers Association (CWA) is a subordinate people's organization of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles (CFLAC).
Founded in July 1949, the organization was initially named the China National Literature Workers Association. In September 1953, it was renamed the Chinese Writers Association. In April 2012, the organization changed its translated name to China Writers Association.
It now has more than 9,000 registered members, with branch associations across the nation.[1] The first CWA Chair was Mao Dun, under the leadership of the then CFLAC Chairman Guo Moruo.[2] In 1985, Mao Dun was succeeded by Ba Jin. The incumbent chair is Tie Ning since 2006.[3] Other successive Associate Chairs include Ding Ling, Feng Xuefeng, Lao She, Ke Zhongping, Shao Quanlin and Liu Baiyu.[2]
History[edit]
It was founded in July 1949 as the China National Literature Workers Association. In September 1953, it was renamed the Chinese Writers Association.[2]
The association's leadership was purged shortly after the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre.[4]
In April 2012, the organization changed its translated name to China Writers Association.[5]
In 2017, two vice presidents of the Suzhou branch of the CWA publicly resigned as a protest to what they perceived as the Chinese Communist Party's tightening of control on writers.[6]
Organization[edit]
- Chairs
- Vice-Chairs
Note: The list is incomplete.
- Lao She (1949–1966)
- Zhou Yang (1949–1979)
- Ding Ling (1949–1986)
- Liu Baiyu (1953–1984)
- He Jingzhi (1979–1984)
- Ai Qing (1979–1996)
- Lu Wenfu (1984–2001)
- Wang Meng (1984–2006)
- Li Zhun (1996–2000)
- Ye Xin (1996–present)
- Huang Yazhou (2001–2006)
- Chen Zhongshi (2001–2016)
- Zhang Ping (2001–2016)
- Liu Heng (2006–present)
- Wang Anyi (2006–present)
- Zhang Kangkang (2006–present)
- Mo Yan (2011–present)
- Zhang Wei (2016–present)
- Jia Pingwa (2016–present)
Publications[edit]
The Chinese Writers' Association publishes several magazines, including《人民文学》Renmin Wenxue (People's Literature) (monthly),《中国作家》Zhongguo Zuojia (Chinese Writer) (bimonthly),《诗刊》Shi Kan (Poetry) (monthly),《民族文学》Minzu Wenxue (Folk Literature) (monthly),《小说选刊》Xiaoshuo Xuankan (Selected Novels) (monthly), and Newspaper of Art (weekly). Its publishing arm is the Chinese Writers Publishing House.[7][8] It also issues《文艺报》Wenyi Bao (Literature and Art Newspaper) (currently three times a week).
Bibliography[edit]
- Hong, Zicheng (2007). A History of Contemporary Chinese Literature. Brill's Humanities in China Library. Vol. 1. BRILL. ISBN 9789004157545.
References[edit]
- ^ Chinese Writers' Association sees the light, Yang Guang (China Daily), 2 December 2011. Retrieved 6 November 2013.
- ^ a b c Hong, Zicheng (2007). A History of Contemporary Chinese Literature. BRILL. p. 27. ISBN 978-90-04-15754-5. OCLC 938907512.
- ^ Woman writer to head China writers' association, China Daily, 13 November 2006. Retrieved 6 November 2013.
- ^ Martin, Helmut; Kinkley, Jeffrey C. (2016-09-16). Modern Chinese Writers: Self-portrayals: Self-portrayals. Routledge. ISBN 9781315488677.
- ^ CWA changed its translated name Archived 2017-03-21 at the Wayback Machine (in Chinese), China Writers Association, 13 April 2012. Retrieved 6 November 2013.
- ^ Lam, Oiwan (20 March 2016). "Two writers publicly resign amid the Chinese Communist party's tightening grip on culture". Hong Kong Free Press. Retrieved October 19, 2020.
- ^ "中国作协简介". www.china.com.cn.
- ^ "Chinese Writers Association". Archived from the original on 2014-01-02. Retrieved 2016-06-20.