鲁彦 (Lǔ Yàn) · Lu Yan, pen name of Wang Luyan, Chinese writer

Meanings

1 Lu Yan, pen name of Wang Luyan, Chinese writer

About Lu Yan

1901–1944 · 作家 writer

Writer of the May Fourth era from coastal Zhejiang, who took his pen name from 鲁迅, whom he admired. His stories of village life, such as 柚子 and 菊英的出嫁, belong to the 乡土文学 of the 1920s.

Also called 王鲁彦

Characters

鲁

lǔ

surname Lu; ancient state of Lu

彦

yàn

talented man (literary)

Examples

HSK 4

我在课堂上读过鲁彦的作品。

Wǒ zài kètáng shàng dú guò Lǔ Yàn de zuòpǐn.

I read Lu Yan's works in class.

HSK 5

鲁彦的小说反映了浙江农村的生活。

Lǔ Yàn de xiǎoshuō fǎnyìng le Zhèjiāng nóngcūn de shēnghuó.

Lu Yan's novels reflected life in rural Zhejiang.

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history

He was born 王衡. In 1920 he learned Esperanto while sitting in on classes at 北京大学, and he later published stories translated from Esperanto. His only finished full-length novel is 《野火》 (1937).