About Liu Baiyu
Lived 1916 – 2005 (aged 88). Liu Baiyu was a Chinese writer, politician, journalist and novelist.
Liu Baiyu (; 2 September 1916 – 24 August 2005), born Liu Yuzan in Beijing, was a Chinese writer who took an orthodox Communist line on writing issues. He opposed "Western bourgeois values", influencing Chinese literature.
Awards 1988 - Co-winner of the Mao Dun Literature Prize
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Who was Liu Baiyu?
Chinese writer (1916-2005)
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Liu Baiyu was born on 2 September 1916 in Beijing.
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Liu Baiyu died on 24 August 2005 in Beijing.
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Liu Baiyu was a writer, politician, journalist and novelist.
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