What is Chen Zhongshi?
{{Infobox writer | image = | image_size = 250px | caption = | name = Chen Zhongshi | native_name = 陈忠实 | native_name_lang = zh | pseudonym = | birth_name = | birth_date = August 1942 | birth_place = [[Xi'an]], [[Shaanxi]], [[Republic of China (1912-1949)|China]] | death_date = {{Death date|2016|4|29|df=y}} (aged 73) | death_place = [[Xi'an]], [[Shaanxi]], [[People's Republic of China|China]] | residence = Xi'an | occupation = [[Novelist]] | language = [[Chinese language|Chinese]] | education = | alma_mater = | period = 1965 - 2016 | genre = [[Novel]], [[prose]] | subject = | movement = | notableworks= ''White Deer Plain'' | spouse = <!-- {{marriage||}} --> | children = | relatives = | awards = | website = <!-- {{URL|website}} --> | partner = | signture = }} {{Chinese name|[[Chen (surname)|Chen]]}} '''Chen Zhongshi''' ({{zh|s=陈忠实|t=陳忠實|hp=Chén Zhōngshí}}; 3 August 1942 – 29 April 2016) was a [[Chinese people|Chinese]] author. He started writing in 1965. His best known work is ''[[White Deer Plain]]'' which was published in 1993. He won the [[Mao Dun Literature Prize]] in 1997.<ref>{{cite web | title =Bai Lu Yuan | publisher =CRIENGLISH.com | date =2007-01-28 | url =http://english.cri.cn/4026/2007/01/28/191@190107.htm | access-date =2014-01-13 | archive-date =2016-03-03 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20160303221201/http://english.cri.cn/4026/2007/01/28/191@190107.htm | url-status =dead }}</ref> In 1966, Chen joined the [[Chinese Communist Party]]. He was interested in writing and soon began to work on a writing career. In 1979, he became a member of the [[Chinese Writers Association]]. Chen died in [[Xi'an]], [[Shaanxi]] from [[oral cancer]] on 29 April 2016, aged 73. ==Related pages== *[[List of Chinese writers]] ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:1942 births]] [[Category:2016 deaths]] [[Category:Cancer deaths in China]] [[Category:Deaths from oral cancer]] [[Category:Chinese writers]] {{bio-stub}}