name: Lu Xun
birth_date: 1881-09-25 00:00:00
death_date: 1936-10-19 00:00:00
genres: Literary Criticism, Fiction, Poetry
influences: Nikolai Gogol
avg_rating: 3.98
ratings_count: 12180
about: Lu Xun (鲁迅) or Lu Hsün (Wade-Giles), was the pen name of Zhou Shuren (September 25, 1881 – October 19, 1936), a leading figure of modern Chinese literature. Writing in Vernacular Chinese as well as Classical Chinese, Lu Xun was a novelist, editor, translator, literary critic, essayist, and poet. In the 1930s he became the titular head of the League of Left-Wing Writers in Shanghai.For the Traditional Chinese profile: here.For the Simplified Chinese profile:  鲁迅 Lu Xun (鲁迅) or Lu Hsün (Wade-Giles), was the pen name of Zhou Shuren (September 25, 1881 – October 19, 1936), a leading figure of modern Chinese literature. Writing in Vernacular Chinese as well as Classical Chinese, Lu Xun was a novelist, editor, translator, literary critic, essayist, and poet. In the 1930s he became the titular head of the League of Left-Wing Writers in Shanghai.For the Traditional Chinese profile: here.For the Simplified Chinese profile:  鲁迅 ...more