Haoran, known as "the only writer during the Cultural Revolution", died in Beijing yesterday morning at the age of 76. As an important representative of "Cultural Revolution Culture", Haoran's death marked the end of that era.
Haoran, whose real name is Liang, 1932, is from Tangshan. I went to primary school for three years when I was young, and I went to junior high school at the age of 16. He has been a grassroots cadre in villages, districts and counties for 8 years. From 65438 to 0954, he served as a reporter of Hebei Daily, a reporter of Beijing Russian Friendship Newspaper and an editor of Red Flag magazine, a publication of the central government. From 65438 to 0964, he worked as a professional writer in Beijing Federation of Literary and Art Circles, and later served as the chairman of Beijing Branch of Chinese Writers Association.
Haoran 1956 began to publish novels. His early works include a collection of short stories, Magpie Crawling, Apple Ripe and so on. 1965 published his masterpiece and novel Sunny Days in three volumes. 1972 published another novel "The Cotai Strip", 1974 published a novella "The Children of Xisha".
Haoran was very popular during the Cultural Revolution from 1966 to 1976. His Sunny Days and Cotai Strip eulogized the "great movement" against landlords and rich peasants in rural areas and promoted agricultural collectivization, which were well-known literary works at that time and became the main content of China's cultural life together with eight model operas.
Because Sunny Days and Cotai Strip were favored by the "standard bearer" of the Cultural Revolution and Mao Zedong's wife Jiang Qing, Haoran was not only often received by Jiang Qing, but also became a hot figure in the literary and art circles and even in politics at that time by an ordinary peasant writer. Haoran participated in the Tenth National Congress and the Fourth National People's Congress of China as a representative, and became the only literary representative who participated in funeral committee, Mao Zedong.1September, 976. During the Cultural Revolution, he often participated in foreign affairs activities and visited Japan in the name of a "cultural figure".
1974, after the Sino-Vietnamese Xisha naval battle, Haoran was "hand-picked" by Jiang Qing to inspect the front line of Xisha Islands. After returning to Beijing, he wrote Children of Xisha, which indirectly praised Jiang Qing. Later, he was ordered by Jiang Qing to inspect Dazhai and wrote reportage Wings of the Earth. His novel Sunny Days has also been adapted into a film of the same name, becoming one of the few feature films shot during the Cultural Revolution.
After the Cultural Revolution, Haoran was criticized for his close relationship with the Gang of Four and once lost his freedom. The official conclusion of his review is: "He is not a gangster. He fell down during the Cultural Revolution, but he was not completely trapped." Haoran later wrote Life, Promised Land, Living Spring and other works, but the response was average.
Haoran once said that from a farmer who only attended primary school for three years, he mastered the professional courses of the university through the opportunity given by the state, and finally "became an organizationally recognized and justified writer". "This is an unprecedented miracle."
He never accepted the conclusion that the Cultural Revolution was a "catastrophe". When evaluating his performance in the Cultural Revolution, he said that he was "not a thief, not a reptile, but an ordinary literary warrior, a literary warrior who contributed and was injured".
In a special period, Haoran is closely related to the spiritual and cultural life of most people in China. The so-called "8 model operas, 1 screenwriter." Some people say that Haoran has become the writer with the largest circulation of China's works because of Sunny Days and Cotai Strip. Some people say that he was the only "smug" person in the Cultural Revolution. ...
Haoran's life
Haoran, formerly known as Liang,1was born in Zhaogezhuang mining area of Kailuan on March 25th, 932. 1949 winter began to practice writing, self-taught, embarked on the road of literary creation. "Writing about farmers, writing for farmers", "going deep into the countryside for a lifetime, writing about farmers for a lifetime, and being a down-to-earth spokesperson for farmers for a lifetime" are his life vows and goals. His representative works include: Sunny Days, Cotai Strip, The Whole Life, Promised Land, Living Springs, A Dream, etc. Cang Sheng won the first special prize of Chinese popular literature. Some scholars have commented that his works are "vivid pictures of rural areas in China in the past half century", "write the two-way truth between individuals and society" and "have both historical and artistic values".
1964 10 Haoran was transferred to Beijing Writers Association to engage in professional creation. He has been a resident writer of Beijing Writers Association, editor-in-chief of Beijing Literature and editor-in-chief of Oriental Teenager. 1997 In May, Haoran was elected as the chairman of the Beijing Writers Association at the third congress of the Beijing Writers Association, and has been the honorary chairman of the Beijing Writers Association since September 2003.