Qian Zhongshu
Novelist, Author
1910 – 1998
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Who was Qian Zhongshu?
Qian Zhongshu was a Chinese literary scholar and writer, known for his wit and erudition.
He is best known for his satiric novel Fortress Besieged. His works of non-fiction are characterised by their large amount of quotations in both Chinese and Western languages. He also played an important role in digitizing Chinese classics late in his life.
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- Born
- Nov 21, 1910
Wuxi - Also known as
- Chongshu Qian
- Spouses
- Profession
- Education
- Exeter College, Oxford
- Tsinghua University
- University of Oxford
- Employment
- Tsinghua University
- Died
- Dec 19, 1998
Beijing
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on July 23, 2013
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