Zhang Wei (author)
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| Zhang Wei | |
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| Native name | 张炜 |
| Born | November 1955 (age 68) Longkou, Shandong, China |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Language | Chinese |
| Alma mater | Shandong Normal University |
| Period | 1982 - present |
| Genre | Novel |
| Notable works | The Ancient Ship |
| Notable awards | 8th Mao Dun Literary Prize 2011 The Ancient Ship |
Zhang Wei (simplified Chinese: 张炜; traditional Chinese: 張煒; pinyin: Zhāng Wěi; born November 1955) is a Chinese author. He was born in China's northern province of Shandong. He graduated from the Chinese Department at Yantai Normal College in 1980. Three years later, he became a member of Chinese Writers Association, an organization for which he has served as chairman and deputy chairman of the Shandong branch. He is best known for his novels The Ancient Ship and September's Fable. In 2011 Zhang won the Mao Dun Literature Prize, the highest national literary award, for On the Plateau, a 10-volume work that took a decade to write.[1]
