Shen Shixi
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Shen Shixi | |||||||
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 Shen in 2025 | |||||||
| Native name | 沈石溪 | ||||||
| Born | Shen Yiming October 1951 (age 74) Shanghai, China | ||||||
| Occupation | Novelist | ||||||
| Language | Chinese | ||||||
| Alma mater | People's Liberation Army Academy of Art | ||||||
| Period | 1979–present | ||||||
| Genre | Novel, short stories | ||||||
| Subject | Children's literature | ||||||
| Notable works | Wolf King Dream | ||||||
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| Chinese | 沈石溪 | ||||||
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| Shen Yiming | |||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 沈一鳴 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 沈一鸣 | ||||||
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Shen Shixi (Chinese: 沈石溪; pinyin: Shěn Shíxī; born October 1952), also known as Shen Yiming (沈一鸣; Shěn Yīmíng), is a children's author in China. He is best known for his animal stories, and is known as the "King of Animal Stories".[1] In 2015 he was the 9th highest earning author, earning royalties of 12 million RMB.[2][3]
Life
[edit]Shen Shixi was born in Shanghai in October 1952. In 1968 he was sent to a village of the Dai people in Xishuangbanna. In 1975 he joined the army, and was Head of the Propaganda Department. He became a member of the Yunnan Writers Association in 1982, and the China Writers Association in 1985. In 1992 he moved to creative office of the Chengdu Military Region.[citation needed]
Writing
[edit]Shen is best known for his animal stories, and has been described as the "King of Animal Stories".[4]
Awards and honours
[edit]Winner of the National Outstanding Children's Literature Award, and the Chen Bochui Children's Literature Award.[citation needed]
Books
[edit]- 猎狐
- 第七条猎狗
- 再被狐狸骗一次
- 狼王梦 - Wolf King Dream
- 白象家族
- 斑羚飞渡
- 最后一头战象
- 一只猎雕的遭遇
- 和乌鸦做邻居
- 野犬女皇
- 鸟奴
- 混血豺王
- 红豺 - Jackal and Wolf, translated by Helen Wang (Egmont, 2012)[5]
- When Mu Meets Min, illustrated by Shen Yuanyuan[6]
References
[edit]- ↑ Zhang Mingmeng (张明萌) (2022). 沈石溪：写作就像一只鸟，生活和想象力是翅膀 [Shen Shixi: Writing is like a bird, life and imagination are wings]. Southern People Weekly (in Chinese). 713. Guangzhou, Guangdong: Southern Daily Group: 22–25. ISSN 1672-8335.
- ↑ Top 10 Richest Chinese Writers in 2015 [dead link]
- ↑ 徐林 (2016-03-31). "Top 10 highest-earning Chinese authors". China.org.cn. Retrieved 2022-08-20.
- ↑ The Routledge Companion to International Children’s Literature, ed. by John Stephens (Routledge, 2017)
- ↑ Reviewed by Outside In World http://www.outsideinworld.org.uk/browse-books.asp?book=1549#top
- ↑ "WHEN MU MEETS MIN | Kirkus Reviews".
External links
[edit]- Shen Shixi on Worldcat
- Shen Shixi on Paper Republic
- Shen Shixi on Weibo (in Chinese)
- Shen Shixi: Translation Workshop, by Dave Haysom, 31 March 2015
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