Cao Juren 1900-1972

He was active on the Shanghai literary scene before he came to Hong Kong in 1950, where he started to make a living as a full-time writer, covering such genres as novel, essay, biography, travel diary, and reportage. His personal relationship with two of the leading May Fourth writers, Lu Xun 魯迅 (1881-1936) and Zhou Zuoren 周作人 (1885-1967), features significantly in some of his works. Though of leftist sympathy, Cao remained outside of official Communist circles; this attitude of non-affiliation sometimes drew fire from both pro-Nationalist and pro-Communist quarters in Hong Kong literary circles that were politically divided. His best known works are probably his memoirs Wo yu wode shijie 我與我的世界 [My world and I] (1973) and Fuguole shengminghai 浮過了生命海 [Having adrifted over the sea of life] (1974)..

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