The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07.
Mao Tun
or Mao Dun (mou dn´) (KEY) , pseud. of She Yen-ping (sh´ yn´bng´) (KEY) , 1896–1981, Chinese novelist and Minister of Culture (1949–65). His fiction offers a sympathetic portrayal of working-class life and praise of revolution. Midnight (1933, tr. 1957), his most widely read work, is a naturalistic novel exploring in epic detail the commercial world of Shanghai. He is the author of Spring Silk Worms and Other Stories (1956).
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