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Zhang Xianliang
Zhang Xianliang (Chinese: 张贤亮; December – 27 September ) was a Chinese novelist, essayist, and poet, and former president of the Chinese Writers Association in Ningxia.
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He was detained as a political prisoner during the Anti-Rightist Movement in ,[1] until his political rehabilitation in His most well known works, including Half of Man is Woman and Grass Soup, were semi-autobiographical reflections on his life experiences in prison and in witnessing the political upheaval of China during the Cultural Revolution.[2]
Life
Zhang Xianliang was born in into an upper-middle-class family in Nanjing, then the capital of the Republic of China.
His father was a Kuomintang official and industrialist who managed a number of companies. Following the Communist victory in the Chinese Civil War, Zhang's father was accused of espionage, and later died in prison.[3]
Zhang began publishing poetry at the age of During the Anti-Rightist Mov