death_date pseudonym nationality birth_date language period genre death_place image_size spouse name occupation native_name_lang birth_place awards notableworks native_name article_title birth_name
24 august 2008 hongyangshu -lrb- zh-hant 红杨树 -rrb- chinese 16 january 1920 chinese 1951 - 1980s novel beijing , china 250px liu qiuhua -lrb- zh-hant 刘秋华 -rrb- wei wei novelist zh zhengzhou , henan , china mao dun literary prize 1982 east '' east '' 魏巍 wei wei -lrb- writer -rrb-
 wei hongjie -lrb- zh-hant 魏鸿杰 -rrb-
wei wei -lrb- writer -rrb-

wei wei -lrb- -rrb- -lrb- january 16 , 1920 -- august 24 , 2008 -rrb- , originally known as hong jie -lrb- -rrb- , was a poet , a prose writer , a literary report writer , a journalist , a vice-editor-in-chief and the editor of various newspapers in china and a propagandist .
his works are noted for their themes of patriotism , communism , and nationalism .
apart from using the name `` wei wei '' , he once used the pen name `` hong yangshu '' -lrb- -rrb- in some of his publications .
he changed his name from `` hong jie '' to `` wei wei '' in 1937 when he had started a new page of his life -- a political one .
