Mao+Dun

=Mao Dun= Shen Dehong ( 沈德鴻 Shěn Déhóng, 1896-1981) wrote fiction and literary criticisms under the pen name Mao Dun ( 矛盾 Máo Dùn). Mao Dun spent his early life reading and writing in Hangzhou, and he studied at Peking University from 1913 to 1916. He immediately moved to Shanghai, where he worked as a translator and editor for the Commercial Press ( 商务印书馆) from 1916 to 1925. During that time he started writing novels, and in 1920 he took control of Xiaoshuo Yuebao ( 小说月报), a monthly fiction publication. Mao Dun transformed the journal into a force that promoted "liter ature for life" which opposed the style of literature promoted by the ** Mandarin Duck and Butterfly School ** and the Saturday School. Mao promoted literary realism through his reformations of Xiaoshuo Yueba, and through his leadership as the vice president of the All-China Federation of Literary and Art Circles under Guo Moruo. Mao Dun started publishing novels in 1927 and became well known as a fiction author. When the PRC was established in 1949 he worked for Mao Zedong as the Minister of Culture until 1964. He continued writing until his death, and his name lives on with the Mao Dun Literature Prize, awarded to outstanding communist literature.

Essays
"On Proletariat Art"

Novels
//Huanmei// (Disillusionment), //Dongyao// (Wavering), //Zhuiqiu// (Aspirations) trilogy //Ziye// (Midnight) //Linjia Puzi// (The Lin Family Shop) //Chun Can// (Spring Silkworms) //Qiushou// (Autumn Harvest) //Can Dong// (The Last of Winter) //Fushi// (Corruption)

Works Cited:
Ying, Li-hua. //Historical Dictionary of Modern Chinese Literature// : Lanham, MD: The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2010. Print.