Zhang Wei (author) facts for kids

Zhang Wei
Quick facts for kids Zhang Wei
Native name	张炜
Born	November 1956 (age 64); Longkou, Shandong, China
Occupation	Novelist
Language	Chinese
Alma mater	Shandong Normal University
Period	1982 - present
Genre	Novel
Notable works	The Ancient Ship
Notable awards	8th Mao Dun Literary Prize; 2011 The Ancient Ship;

In this Chinese name, the family name is Zhang.

Zhang Wei (simplified Chinese: 张炜; traditional Chinese: 張煒; pinyin: Zhāng Wěi; born November 1955) is a Chinese author. He was born in Longkou, Yantai, where is located in the East of the Shandong Peninsula. He graduated from the Chinese Department at Yantai Normal College in 1980. Three years later, he became a member of China Writers Association, an organization for which he has served as chairman and deputy chairman of the Shandong branch. He is best known for his novels The Ancient Ship and September's Fable. In 2011 Zhang won the Mao Dun Literature Prize, the highest national literary award, for On the Plateau, a 10-volume work that took a decade to write.

Works

The Ancient Ship 《古船》
September's Fable 《九月寓言》
On the Plateau 《你在高原》
Songs from the Forest《刺猬歌》

Children's books

(The English titles are approximate)

Life on the Peninsula 《半岛哈里哈气》
The Young Boy and the Sea 《少年与海》
Looking for the King of Fish 《寻找鱼王》