Liu Sifen
Liu Sifen (; born January 1944) is a Chinese novelist and painter who was the president of Guangdong Literature and Art Association. Biography. Liu was born in Wuzhou, Guangxi in January 1944. In 1946, his family moved to British Hong Kong. After the founding of the PRC, his family settled in Guangzhou, Guangdong in 1951. Liu graduated from Guangzhou First School () in 1962, he entered Sun Yat-Sen University, majoring in Chinese language. In 1966, Mao Zedong launched the Cultural Revolution, Liu worked in Taishan County as a farmer, at the same time, he studied oil painting and gouache  under Hao Jiaxian (). In 1970, Liu was transferred from Taishan County to Ding'an County, Hainan. In 1975, Liu returned to Guangzhou, he worked in Guangdong Provincial Party Committee Propaganda Department (), and he began to research Chinese Culture. Liu started to write novel "White Gate Willow" in 1984. In 1989, Liu studied Chinese painting. In 1995, Liu was appointed the director of Guangdong Artists Association () and the president of Guangdong Literature and Art Association (). In 2003, Liu served as the president of Guangdong Painting Academy (). At the same year, Liu joined the Chinese Calligraphy Association ().