Lu Xun, Chinese author and critic (born 1881)

Lu Xun

Chinese novelist and essayist (1881–1936)

Lu Xun, pen name of Zhou Shuren, born Zhou Zhangshou, was a Chinese writer. A leading figure of modern Chinese literature, he wrote in both vernacular and literary Chinese as a novelist, literary critic, essayist, poet, translator and political commentator, known for his…