Ge Cuilin

Ge Cuilin (; 1930–2022) was a Chinese children's author. Known principally for her fairy tales, she also wrote essays, plays, and a novel. She won the National Outstanding Children's Literature Award of the Chinese Writers Association multiple times. Her 1956 fairy tale collection Wild Grape was adapted into a puppet film and translated into several languages. She co-founded the Bing Xin Children's Literature Award with Han Suyin and Bing Xin. She was a member of the All-China Women's Federation and graduated from Yenching University.

Early life and education Ge Cuilin was born in Laoting County, Hebei province, in February 1930 to a Han Chinese family. She attended Yenching University, graduating from the Department of Sociology. The collection was translated into Japanese, English, German, Russian, and French. It was also adapted into a puppet film that won the Youth TV Program Award at the Munich TV Festival in 1986. The Chinese Writers Association awarded her the National Outstanding Children's Literature Award for her fairy tales Walnut Mountain, Puppet Somersaulting, Wild Grape, and Portrait of Singing. She was a member of the Chinese Communist Party and served as a member of the Beijing Municipal Committee during the sixth and seventh sessions of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. She was also an executive member of the All-China Women's Federation. She became a member of the Chinese Writers Association in 1979. The following year, she joined the Beijing Writers Association.

Selected works

Novel Blue-winged Bird

Essays "Where the Soul Lies" "Farewell to Tiananmen" "The Strength of the Rose" "Blood and Tears of a Magnificent Life" "The Sea and Roses"

Fairy tales Wild Grapes Lucky Star Bird Child Somersaulting Puppet Walnut Mountain Singing Portrait

Poetry "Our Little Captain"

Plays Little Rascal's Resolution (collection of plays) Wild Swan