Wang Xiaobo
Novelist, Author
1952 – 1997
Who was Wang Xiaobo?
Wang Xiaobo was a renowned contemporary Chinese novelist and essayist from Beijing. He was a Rusticated Youth of China in Yunnan during Cultural Revolution. From 1978 to 1982, he studied at Renmin University of China. He went to the United States to continue his education in 1984 and received a masters degree from the University of Pittsburgh in 1988. After his return to China, he taught at Peking University and Renmin University of China. He became a freelance writer in 1992. On April 11, 1997, Wang died of a heart attack in Beijing. Wang's published works include four fiction collections and two essay collections.
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- Born
- May 13, 1952
Beijing - Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Li Yinhe
(1980 - 1997)
- Li Yinhe
- Nationality
- China
- Profession
- Education
- Bachelor's degree, Renmin University of China
International trade
(1978 - 1982) - Master's Degree, University of Pittsburgh
East Asian Studies
(1984 - 1988)
- Bachelor's degree, Renmin University of China
- Lived in
- Beijing
- Died
- Apr 11, 1997
Beijing
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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