Answer the following question: Lu Yao (Chinese: 路遥; 1949–1992) born Wang Weiguo (Chinese: 王卫国) was a Chinese writer. He was born on 3 December 1949 in Qingjian County Shaanxi Province and died on 17 November 1992. He had six siblings and grew up in a very poor family. He began writing novels when he was a college student and graduated from Chinese Department of Yan'an University in 1973. After graduation he became an editor of Yanhe magazine. Given a list of categories: company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film or written work, what category does the paragraph belong to?
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Artist