Shen Congwen, Chinese author and educator (died 1988)

Shen Congwen

Chinese writer (1902–1988)

Shen Congwen, formerly romanized as Shen Ts'ung-wen, was a Chinese writer who is considered one of the greatest modern Chinese writers, on par with Lu Xun. Regional culture and identity plays a much bigger role in his writing than that of other major early modern Chinese…