People know that Wang Zhaojun in the historical world has made great contributions to the heavy responsibilities of the two nationalities, but what most people do not know is that in the field of literature, there is also a "Zhaojun".
Her name is Nie Hualing, the only Chinese female writer to be nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.
So what is the legendary life of this female writer?
Nie Hualing, female, born in Wuhan on January 11, 1925, is a native of Yingshan, Hubei (now Guangshui, Hubei Province).
In 1925, Nie Hualing was born in Hubei, and because of her father's position, she lived in the old Russian concession in Hankou, Wuhan, and became a foreigner in her own land.
In the dull big family, for her childhood, she was most impressed by her mother reclining on the copper bed of the beaded yarn tent, reading "The Edge of Regeneration" for her, and sighing for the story of Emperor Fu Shaohua and Meng Lijun.
Young Nie Hualing
Little Nie Hualing had a childish face, "Mu Ma, you are not like Meng Lijun, you are Mrs. Sun, and your father also has a Mrs. Zhang, and they are all surnamed Nie." We live in Hankou and they live in Wuchang. ”
The marriage of the parents originated from a scam, when the mother found out that her father had a wife and children, Nie Hualing was seven or eight months old, and the mother was angry, and even thought of swallowing gold to commit suicide, but the young daughter held out her hand to her and needed someone to hug, and silently put it down.
Years later the mother sighed, marriage free? In a closed place like Yichang back then, you didn't know whether you were free or not.
The mother is contradictory, adhering to the style of a new woman, and telling her that the law of survival in the big family is "both skillful and endured", and Nie Hualing's personality and writing style are also foreshadowed.
In the era of war, his father died in other places, leaving only a large number of orphans and widows, Nie Hualing did not like to read, like to play and climb mountains. The family was forced to move to Sandouping in Yichang, and Nie Hualing played happily for half a year, and Nie's mother made up her mind that even if the times were turbulent, the children must be educated.
Brother
Nie Hualing's grandfather was a poet, and she was influenced by her grandfather and friends at home from an early age, and her writing and Language scores have always been very good. She was interested in literature, curious about people, and willing to ponder language.
In 1939, he studied at Hubei Union Middle School and was later admitted to Sichuan Changshou National No. 12 Middle School. After graduation, he was admitted to the Department of Foreign Languages of the Central University in Chongqing, and graduated in 1948, when he published articles under the pseudonym "Siyuan".
Nie Hualing was married when she was young, and her husband was a classmate Wang Zhenglu, who came from a large family with strict rules in the north. In her later years, she rarely mentioned him again, and when she occasionally mentioned him, she only repeated that he was a very good person, but it was really inappropriate.
Wang Zhenglu, a classmate of Hualing, was born in Changchun, speaks fluent Japanese and English, plus he is handsome, handsome and talented, such a powerful persona, so that Hualing fell deeply, and the two fell in love.
After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, the school moved back to Nanjing, Hualing and Zhenglu, often rowing to Xuanwu Lake. At that time, Hualing was full of youth and laughter. The women in love are the most beautiful, but the sister is always unceremonious, turning her elbow outward, saying that the right way is far more beautiful than the sister, and the elders of the Nie family also praise the right way to show talent.
Mother
In the fall of 1948, Hualing graduated from university and stayed in Nanjing to teach at a middle school.
At the end of November, the Battle of Pingjin began. Between Beiping and Nanjing, there are still planes returning.
Hua Ling decided to go to Beiping.
On December 14, 1948, the Siege of Peiping began.
In 946, Nie Hualing and Wang Zhenglu
Hua Ling became the bride of the right way in the besieged city.
As mentioned above, Nie Hualing's first husband, Wang Zhenglu, was Nie Hualing's classmate at National Central University. The two people met in literature, and then finally came together, talented and beautiful, at first, everyone blessed this relationship.
When the two entered the marriage hall, many literary predecessors personally sent blessings, and people thought that this would be a couple.
But before long, the biggest contradiction in this marriage relationship was quietly reflected - Wang Zhenglu had a love affair. This obsessive-compulsive disorder has reached an outrageous point, and he is very concerned about his wife's contact with any aspect of the opposite sex. Even the most basic conversations can be hostile to his alternative eyes.
Nie Hualing and Wang Zhenglu and the two daughters have rare family portraits
Nie Hualing is not one of the feudal women who can't get out of the door, she has an independent soul, and she is not willing to be restricted. Asking herself, she thought that she and the opposite sex had not done anything to be sorry for her husband, but Wang Zhenglu was always paranoid about forbidding her to have normal social interactions, which made her unable to bear it, and her love began to fade in the quarrel.
In 1958, Nie Hualing officially separated from her husband, during which time she did not think about divorce, but for the sake of her two daughters and the mother at home, she has not taken practical action.
But that all changed when I met Paul, an American.
Paul was unhappily married, and when he got married, his wife Mary hid her mental history, and in the midst of pain and disharmony, he spent 30 years of bad luck. When he met Nie Hualing, a fiery fire that could not be extinguished suddenly arose in his heart, and he began to yearn for the integrity of life.
Nie Hualing spent two years in Taiwan to complete her first novel , The Lost Golden Bell " , in 1960 , showing the feelings of a young girl's crush , the bitterness of a festival-abiding woman , and the woman's yearning for freedom. The novel was first published in the "Lianhe Bao" and caused a sensation.
Four years after writing "The Lost Golden Bell", Nie Hualing met the most important person in her life, Paul Ingres.
Paul Angle, an American, opened a writer's writing workshop at the University of Iowa as early as 1936, and was the first school in the United States to open a writing class, and the writers Bai Xianyong and Lin Huaimin were once his students.
In 1964, Paul Angle went to Taiwan to do literary exchanges and fell in love with Nie Hualing at first sight.
Yu Guangzhong invited several people to dinner together, and everyone was talking and laughing at the dinner table, when suddenly Paul asked Nie Hualing, "Do you want to go to Iowa?" ”
After dinner, they walked home, on the way to see a few heart-shaped clouds in the sky, Paul told Nie Hualing that encountering such a heart shape in the United States is to make a wish, and was asked what is the wish? Paul said, "I want to see you all the time. ”
Later, because of Paul's job transfer, Nie Hualing lived in Iowa, usa.
Soon, they had a very romantic wedding. After marriage, they lived in a red building in Iowa. They often drive to the beach and enjoy a very comfortable life.
Nie Hualing described Paul Ingres as a mountain, with a breeze or a storm, and anyone who came was a gesture of embrace. In the documentary, Zhong Ling, dean of the Faculty of Liberal Arts at Hong Kong Baptist University, said that Nie Hualing is a very strong woman, and only people like Paul Angle can make her a bird.
Nie Hualing: "In this life, people will meet many people, but only a few, stay in the depths of memory." One amazing time, one gentle years. Often accompanied by gentle years of people, short-lived amazing people of amazing time, although not as long as the former, but it is undeniable that its existence. "
Every encounter in life will have an ineffable meaning, and every person who has loved will have an indelible memory. No matter which person you meet, your life is lucky, different people will bring you different feelings, so that every time you look back, you feel that life is wonderful.
In the free and open writing environment in the United States, Nie Hualing was addicted to writing and could not extricate herself.
Because she missed the motherland, she Chinese in her native language and wrote an immortal chapter: "Emerald Cat", "A Little White Flower", "Taiwan Anecdotes" and so on.
One day in 1967, Nie Hualing said to her husband: "Why can't we start an international writing program and invite authors from different countries to write here together?" ”
Paul, after hearing his wife's thoughts, showed disapproval, because starting such an organization not only required huge funds, but also needed to be managed by special personnel. Nie Hualing listened and said, "Let's work together!" ”
In 1967, a literary organization, the International Writing Project, was born. Every year, Nie Hualing invites writers from all over the world to write, discuss, and read here. This is also a rare scene in the history of world literature.
Writers from different cultural backgrounds, at the dinner table, vigorously discuss literary works. In this atmosphere, different sparks often collide and generate new thinking.
In 1979, when the news of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the United States reached the United States, Nie Hualing immediately invited Chinese mainland writers to come to the United States to participate in this writing plan. Soon, writers such as Ru Zhijuan, Ding Ling, and Chi Zijian flew to the United States.
So far, more than 1,400 writers and poets from more than 150 countries and regions have sat around Nie Hualing's table and participated in this writing project. In 1976, three hundred writers from around the world jointly nominated Nie Hualing and his wife as candidates for the Nobel Peace Prize.
Nie Hualing is also the only Chinese female writer to date to be nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, and she is also known as the "Architect of the World Painting Organization", "the first person of the World Literary Organization", and "the mother of the World Literary Organization".
Nie Hualing's third life.
"I am a tree with roots in the mainland, stems in Taiwan, and branches and leaves in Iowa." This was Nie Hualing's summary of her life.
Nie Hualing traveled to the mainland, Taiwan, and the United States, and felt displaced throughout her life.
When she was in Taiwan, she felt like a provincial; later, when she came to the United States, she found herself an outsider. "So I'm really, really lonely." Life in the three places of the mainland, Taiwan, and the United States is like Nie Hualing's three lives.
The fate of Nie Hualing's lifelong "escape" is also the fate of the Chinese in the 20th century in her own view. This turbulent life also greatly affected her creation.
Nie has published more than 20 books, including novels, essays, reviews and translations. The English translation of the novel Mulberry and Peach won the American Scroll Award in 1990.
Nie Hualing and Paul have spent decades together in a happy and happy life.
In 1992, a flood unfortunately took Ingres away, and the sudden departure of her partner dealt her a great blow.
Nie Hualing has her own persistence, friends do not understand, daughter does not understand.
After Paul's death, her two daughters offered to take her to live with her, but she never agreed. He still lives in the red house where Paul lived, never intending to leave, and when someone visits, he will find that even the facilities of the house have not changed.
Nie Hualing, who is about to fall to the end of the year, has not fallen, and she is still cultivating talents for Chinese literature and for the literary circles of the motherland.
When Nie Hualing was 94 years old, she once gave an interview, looking back on her life, she showed a frank smile at the camera, which surprised the time and made people unforgettable.
Today's Hualing is 96 years old.
She has retired from the International Writing Project, but she is still working as a consultant for the organization and is still following the development of the world literary scene.
The famous writer Wang Zengqi once said that Nie Hualing has been in the United States for more than twenty years, but from the inside out, she is still a Chinese.
In the international literary world, she is a Chinese writer, pushing open the door to the world, and lighting a bright light for the exchange of world literature.
Wang Zengqi was in the United States, with Nie Hualing and others
Today, she deserves to be known Chinese!
Throughout her life, we will realize that we can never choose life, but we can choose the attitude of facing life. Only when a person fully enjoys himself can he learn to manage feelings. Everything has cracks, and that's where the light comes in.