Lu Xun (or Lu Sun, Wade–Giles romanisation: Lu Hsün) was the pen name of Zhou Shuren (25 September 1881 – 19 October 1936), a Chinese writer, essayist, poet, and literary critic. He was a leading figure of modern Chinese literature. Writing in Vernacular Chinese and Classical Chinese, he was a short story writer, editor, translator, literary critic, essayist, poet, and designer. In the 1930s, he became the titular head of the League of Left-Wing Writers in Shanghai.
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25 September 1881 Shaoxing, Zhejiang, China
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19 October 1936 (aged 55) Shanghai, Republican China
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Zodiac | Libra |
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