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Chinese writer In this Chinese name, the family name is Shi.

Shi Xiangsheng (Chinese: 施祥生; pinyin: Shī Xiángshēng; born 1942) is a Chinese writer. He is best known for his 1997 story "A Sun in the Sky" (Chinese: 天上有个太阳; pinyin: Tiān shàng yǒu ge tàiyáng), which was adapted into Zhang Yimou's 1999 film Not One Less.

During the Cultural Revolution, Shi was sent to Xinjiang province in western China to work as a peasant, after which he became a teacher and a writer. His other works include The Divorce (Chinese: 离婚; pinyin: Líhūn) and The Birthday Present (Chinese: 生日礼物; pinyin: Shēngrì lǐwù).

References

  1. ^ "Not One Less - Filmmakers". Sony Pictures Classics. Archived from the original on 3 March 2009. Retrieved 17 September 2009.
  2. Kwok, Juanita; McKnight, Lucinda (2002). "Not One Less". Film Asia: new perspectives on film for English. Curriculum Corporation. p. 102. ISBN 978-1-86366-543-8.
  3. Zhang, Xiaoling (2001). "A film director's criticism of reform China: a close reading of Zhang Yimou's Not One Less". China Information. 15 (2): 136.

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