A wordsmith for humanity
China DailyNieh Hua-ling CHINA DAILY Book highlights the enduring appeal of one of China's greatest writers, Fang Aiqing reports. Half a century after Chinese-American writer Nieh Hua-ling's monograph Shen Ts'ung-wen was published in the United States, a Chinese version has finally been released domestically. In the book, from the New York-based publisher Twayne's World Authors Series, Nieh reviews Shen's early life and paints a larger picture of the backdrop to China's revolution, as well as the literary and political activities of intellectuals at the time. Many of Shen's representative works, such as the novella Border Town and collection of essays Xiangxi, depict the landscape and culture of his hometown in Fenghuang county in Central China's Hunan province.
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A wordsmith for humanity
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A wordsmith for humanity
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