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Revision as of 20:33, 14 November 2024 by Crisco 1492 (talk | contribs) (stub)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Qian Defu (simplified Chinese: 钱德富; traditional Chinese: 錢德富; pinyin: Qián Défù, 6 February 1900 – 17 June 1977), also known by the pen names A Ying (阿英) and Qian Xingcun (钱杏邨), was a Chinese critic and screenwriter.
Biography=
Qian was born on 6 February 1900 in Anhui. He found work delivering the post, but later attended the Shanghai College of Agriculture. In 1926, Qian joined the Chinese Communist Party, with whom he helped establish the League of Left-Wing Writers.
Through his friendship with Zhou Jianyun of the Mingxing Film Company, Qian brough several Communist writers to the studio. He also penned numerous screenplays. These included The Year of Harvest (1933), The Uprising (1933, co-authored with Zheng Boqi), Children of Our Time (1933, with Xia Yan and Zheng Boqi), Three Sisters (1934), and The Classic for Girls (1934, with Xia Yan, Zheng Zhengqiu, and Hong Shen).
During the Second Sino-Japanese War, Qian penned several screenplays that promoted nationalist ideals and condemned the invading Empire of Japanese. He thus fled Shanghai in 1941 to avoid arrest.
During the Cultural Revolution, Qian faced political persecution. He died of cancer on 17 June 1977.
Analysis
In his films, Qian frequently criticized conditions in the Republic of China, thereby condemning the ruling Kuomintang government.
References
- ^ Xiao 1998, p. 79.
Works cited
- Xiao, Zhiwei (1998). "Ah Ying". In Zhang, Yingjin; Xiao, Zhiwei (eds.). Encyclopedia of Chinese Film. New York, London: Routledge. p. 79. ISBN 978-0-415-15168-9.