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王蒙2016
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王蒙

Wáng Méng
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Wang Meng, Chinese novelist and former Minister of Culture (1986-1989)

About Wang Meng

born 1934 · 作家 writer

Writer whose first novel, 青春万岁 (Long Live Youth), follows Beijing students of the early 1950s. Labelled a rightist, he spent 16 years in Xinjiang; later he was Minister of Culture and won the 茅盾文学奖.

Examples

HSK 5
Wáng Méng céngjīng dānrèn Wénhuàbù Bùzhǎng.
Wang Meng once served as Minister of Culture.
HSK 6
Wáng Méng shì Zhōngguó dāngdài zhùmíng zuòjiā.
Wang Meng is a famous contemporary Chinese writer.

Tips

history
The story that got him labelled a rightist was 组织部新来的青年人 (1956), in which a young cadre pushes his Party office to act on mismanagement; he was cleared in 1979. In 伊犁 he learned Uyghur.

Stroke Order

王 wáng
蒙 méng