Wang Xiaobo
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| 王小波 Wang Xiaobo | |
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| Born | Beijing, China |
| Nationality | People's Republic of China |
Wang Xiaobo (Chinese: 王小波; pinyin: Wáng Xiǎobō) (May 13, 1952 – April 11, 1997) is a renowned contemporary Chinese novelist and essayist who gained wide posthumous recognition.
[edit] Biography
Wang Xiaobo was born in Beijing in 1952. At the beginning of the Cultural Revolution, he was sent to rural Yunnan for "rustification," but later, in the 1970s, studied economics at Renmin University of China. He received a master's degree from the University of Pittsburgh in 1988, and, after returning to China, taught at Beijing University and at Renmin. Wang's published works include four fiction collections and two essay collections.
