Li Guowen
Li Guowen (; born 24 August 1930) is a Chinese novelist who was the director of China Writers Association. Li is a member of the Chinese Communist Party. Biography. Li was born in Shanghai, Republic of China in August 1930. In 1947, he was accepted to Nanjing Academy of Drama and graduated in 1949. After graduation, Li went to Beijing and he entered North China University of Technology. When the Korean War broke out in 1950, Li joined the People's Liberation Army, he went to North Korea and served as a writer in the Chinese People's Liberation  Army Naval Song and Dance Troupe, after the war, Li returned to Beijing, he worked in China Railway Federation of Trade Union () as an editor. In July 1957, Li published his short story "Re-election" (《》) in "People's Literature" (《》), then he was divided into right winger, and he was sent to a construction plant to work. In 1978, Li joined the China Railway Song and Dance Troupe (). Li joined the China Writers Association in 1982 and he joined the Chinese Communist Party in 1983.