Liang Xiaosheng

Liang Xiaosheng (simplified Chinese: 梁晓声; traditional Chinese: 梁曉聲; pinyin: Liáng Xiǎoshēng) (born 22 September 1949) is a Chinese novelist and screenwriter. Liang is a member of China Writers Association. He also a professor in Beijing Language and Culture University. His novels have been translated into English, French, Japanese, Russian, and Italian.

Liang was born in Harbin, Heilongjiang in 1949, with his ancestral hometown in Rongcheng, Shandong.

In 1966, when the Cultural Revolution was launched by Mao Zedong, Liang graduated from Harbin 29th High School (Chinese: 哈尔滨第二十九中学). Two years later, Liang went to the Great Northern Wilderness, worked in Shenyang Military Region.

In 1974, Liang was accepted to Fudan University and graduated in 1977. After graduation, he assigned to Beijing Film Studio as an editor. In 1988, Liang was transferred to China Children's Film Studio.

Liang started to publish novels in 1979, his most well-known works are The Float City (Chinese: 浮城), A Red Guard's Confessions (Chinese: 一个红卫兵的自白), From Fudan University to Beijing Film Academy (Chinese: 从复旦到北影), The City of Snow (Chinese: 雪城), and The Depressed Chinese (Chinese: 郁闷的中国人).

Novellas

• The World's Life (Chinese: 人间烟火)
• There Is A Storm Tonight (Chinese: 今夜有暴风雨)

Long-gestating novels

• Pretty Women (Chinese: 伊人伊人)
• The Float City (Chinese: 浮城)
• A Red Guard's Confessions (Chinese: 一个红卫兵的自白)
• From Fudan University to Beijing Film Academy (Chinese: 从复旦到北影)
• The City of Snow (Chinese: 雪城)
• The Depressed Chinese (Chinese: 郁闷的中国人)

Short stories

• If Heaven Has Feelings (Chinese: 天若有情)
• Death (Chinese: 死神)
• This Is A Mystical Land (Chinese: 这是一片神奇的土地)

• This Is A Mystical Land - National Short Story Award (1983)
• Father - National Short Story Award (1984)
• There Is A Storm Tonight - National Novella Award (1984)

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