Wei Wei (male writer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Wei Wei (male writer)

Chinese writer

Date of Birth: 16-Jan-1920

Place of Birth: Zhengzhou, Henan, China

Date of Death: 24-Aug-2008

Profession: writer, poet, politician, journalist

Nationality: China

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Wei Wei (male writer)

  • Wei Wei (Chinese: ??; pinyin: Wèi Wéi; January 16, 1920 – August 24, 2008), originally known as Hong Jie (simplified Chinese: ??; traditional Chinese: ??; pinyin: Hóng Jié), 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 (???) 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.

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