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Lu Wenfu（, March 23, 1927 - July 9, 2005） is a contemporary Chinese writer. He was interested in literature from an early age and devoted all his life into it. He worked for many years as journalist and a magazine editor and served as president of the Jiangsu Writers' Association (:zh:江蘇作家協會, 江苏作家协会) and vice president of the Chinese Writers' Association (:zh:中國作家協會, 中国作家协会).〔''Historical Dictionary of Modern Chinese Literature'' by Li-Hua Ying, Scarecrow Press, Page 121-122〕 Lu's life ended in Suzhou, his favorite city in Jiangsu province.All his work is a mirror of this old city and that's why his novels are generally regarded as ''Suzhou literature''.He is famous for his first story ''Deep within a Lane (小巷深处)''. From then on, Lu started producing a lot of fictions and essays. ==Life== Lu Wenfu was born in 1927 in Taixing, Jiangsu province. Being kept under the thoughtful and careful love of his mother, Lu spent a peaceful childhood. When 6 years old, Lu Wenfu went to an old-style school, where his teacher was impressed by his interest in reading and gave him a formal name ''Wenfu (which means literary and culture)'', in the hope of him becoming a litterateur. During the Second Sino-Japanese War, Lu finished primary and secondary school in Taixing. In 1945 he went to live with relatives in Suzhou for recuperation and studied in Suzhou High School. After graduation, he was admitted into two universities in Shanghai. But his family couldn't afford the school tuition and other expenses. So he transferred to the Subei Liberated Area, where he was assigned to Huazhong University to study Marxism.〔''The Life Pursuits of Lu Wenfu'' by Yu Naiyao〕 After graduating from the Huazhong University in Yancheng, Lu took part in the War of Liberation in northern Jiangsu. In 1949 he returned to Suzhou and became a reporter of New Suzhou Report (now renamed as Suzhou Daily). In 1955 he started the first period of his over 50 years' writing career. Two years later Lu became a member of Literary Federation of Jiangsu. In 1957 he joined Gao Xiaosheng (高晓声, 20th century author) and some others to found the magazine ''The Explorers (Tanqiuzhe, 探求者)''.〔Modern Chinese Writers: Self-portrayals by Helmut Martin, Page 317〕 It came under great attack by the Communist leadership, for what Lu was denounced as a Rightist during the Great Leap Forward. He was soon sentenced to a machine tool plant as an apprentice in Suzhou. During the three years as a mechanic, Lu was awarded the honor of "Excellent Apprentice", "Advanced Worker" and "Crackerjack at Technical Innovations". As a result he was deemed reformed and was allowed to write again. Nevertheless, with the Cultural Revolution breaking out in 1966, Lu was denounced once again and was sent to the fields for reeducation through labor until 1976, which experience he later wrote of as a manual labour:''"I was 'struggled against', forced to confess my crimes and paraded through the streets with a placard around my neck. I was already numb to the pain, and worried about when this disaster for my country would end."''〔Book Reviews by Frederick Glaysher:''A Decade of Disaster'' by Lu Wenfu http://fglaysher.com/TheGlobe/2011/06/25/a-decade-of-disaster-lu-wenfu/〕 After the Cultural Revolution ended with Mao Zedong's death in 1976, Lu returned to Suzhou in November, 1978, at the age of 50. In December, 1978, Lu became the managing editor of ''Suzhou'' magazine. It's during the Deng Xiaoping reform era that he started his second career as a writer. The works reflected on the unsettled and thought-provoking memories of modern history:''"Poverty, backwardness, hardship, chaos: these are not necessarily obstacles to literature. Material wealth is not the same as spiritual wealth."''〔''Modern Chinese Writers: Self-portrayals'' by Helmut Martin, Page 73〕 Shortly after the novel ''Gourmet'' was published in 1988, Lu opened a restaurant, ''The Old Suzhou Gourmet House'',〔楹联为“一见如故酒当茶，天涯来客茶当酒”〕 serving exquisite, traditional Suzhou cuisine, as a way to realize his ideal of good food.〔''Food and Chinese culture: essays on popular cuisine'' translated by Zishan Chen, Long River Press, 2005, Page 6〕 Therefore, Lu Wenfu was known in Chinese literary circles for his catering business, as an authentic gourmet both in name and fact. On July 9, 2005, Lu Wenfu died of emphysema, at the age of 78. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lu Wenfu」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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