The death of Hong Kong literary titan Liu Yiman, he wrote China's first stream-of-consciousness novel "The Drunkard"

The well-known writer Liu Yihuan (pronounced "Chang") died in Hong Kong on the 8th at the age of 99. The Hong Kong SAR government expressed deep condolences on this on the 9th, praising Liu Yihuan as a literary giant in Hong Kong. Liu Yiman has published more than 40 works, his novels have a modern modern urban color, unique style, and his work "The Drinker" is recognized as the first stream-of-consciousness novel in China. Other important works include "The Opposite", "Islands and Peninsulas", etc.

Liu Yihuan, the author of "The Drinker" and known as the "Titan of Hong Kong Literature", bid farewell to Hong Kong on the 8th.

The well-known writer Liu Yihuan (pictured left). (Image source: Screenshot of the documentary "They Write on the Island: 1918")

Works inspired Wong Kar-wai's film "Fancy Years"

According to the comprehensive China News Agency and Shanghai Surging News, in the early morning of the 9th, Huang Shuxian, associate professor of the Department of Chinese of Lingnan University in Hong Kong, posted a tribute on social networking sites and revealed: "Our beloved Hong Kong writer Mr. Liu Yiman passed away at 2:25 p.m. Beijing time on June 8, 2018 at the Eastern District Hospital. ”

Born in Shanghai in 1918, Liu yiyi moved to Hong Kong in the late 1940s. As a writer and newspaper editor, Lau founded the monthly magazine Hong Kong Literature in 1985 and served as editor-in-chief until 2000.

"When I left the mainland for Hong Kong, I didn't have much money with me, so I thought I would live in Hong Kong for a few weeks at most. But as soon as the war went all the way to the south, I couldn't go back in Hong Kong. In the end, I ran out of money, only had a pen and a few blank pieces of paper, and then I wrote a manuscript, and my life went on like this. At that time, the fee for Writing in Hong Kong was 1,000 words and three or four Hong Kong dollars. At that time, it cost three or four cents to buy a bowl of wonton noodles in Hong Kong. Write a 2,000-word manuscript, and eat wonton noodles every day. So, I survived in Hong Kong with a pen. 8 years ago, in an interview with the media, Liu Yihu said so.

This cultural person, who has been engaged in the literary editing and creation of newspapers and periodicals all his life, has published more than 40 works in his nearly one hundred years. His novels have a modern modern urban color and a unique style, and his work "The Drunkard" is recognized as the first stream-of-consciousness novel in China. Other important works include "The Opposite", "He Has a Sharp Knife", and "The Island and the Peninsula".

In addition, the famous Hong Kong film director Wong Kar-wai's masterpieces "Fancy Years" and "2046" were inspired by Liu Yihuan's novels "Opposite" and "The Alcoholic", respectively.

In 2001 and 2011, Liu was awarded the Order of Honor and the Bronze Bauhinia Star by the HKSAR Government in recognition of his contributions to Hong Kong literature and art.

Introducing the iconic writer of "Stream of Consciousness"

Liu Yiman devoted his life to promoting the development of Hong Kong literature, and his death has aroused the remembrance of people from all walks of life in Hong Kong.

Hong Kong's Dagong Network reported that Huang Shuxian, an associate professor of the Department of Chinese at Lingnan University, who has known Liu Yihuan for 20 years, turned the social networking site screen black on the afternoon of the 8th, evoking people's remembrance of this century literary master.

Poon Yiu-ming, who founded the Hong Kong Writers' Association with Liu Yihu, praised Liu as a landmark figure in the Hong Kong literary scene: "He was one of the first Hong Kong writers to introduce stream-of-consciousness, and he contributed to the promotion of Hong Kong literature in his lifetime." The Open University of Hong Kong praised Liu Lao's literary creation for inheriting the Shanghai New Sensations in the 1930s and the development of modernist literature in Hong Kong after the 1960s and 1970s.

The Hong Kong Writers Association conveyed the condolences of Tie Ning, chairman of the China Writers Association, and Qian Xiaoqian, secretary of the China Writers Association, on the death of Liu Yihua and their condolences to his family. The Writers Association and the World Federation of Chinese Writers issued a telegram of condolences highly affirming Liu Yiman's contribution to Hong Kong literature: "In order to prosper Hong Kong's literary creation, he edited the literary garden of Hong Kong newspapers and periodicals, and founded 'Hong Kong Literature' more than 30 years ago. He will live forever in the hearts of Hong Kong writers and Chinese writers, and will never die! ”

Cai Yihuai, vice president of the Writers Association and editor-in-chief of "Hong Kong Writers", said that it would not be an exaggeration to call Liu Yihuan "literary pioneer" and "godfather of literature", "His works, such as "Drunkard" and "Opposite Down", have become classics in the Hong Kong literary circle, exerting considerable influence and leading literary people of different generations. After Liu Yiman completed his literary life path, everyone should be happy for him. ”

Half a century of marriage is a thousand miles a line

Liu Yihuan died, and everyone regretted it, but also admired that he had a virtuous and capable wife Luo Peiyun silently supported him, and their marriage, after half a century of testing, the longer the relationship.

In 1948, Liu Yiman worked as an editor at a newspaper in Hong Kong, but was dismissed for handling editorial affairs that did not meet the wishes of the boss. In 1952, he went south to Singapore again, still employed by the newspaper, and during his several years in the newspaper hall, he often went to the dance hall to listen to songs and decompress, and met Luo Peiyun, the popular heroine of the Modern Dance Company. At that time, many people were not optimistic about their love affair, but the two broke through many difficulties, went from Singapore to Hong Kong, and began a marriage and family life of "twenty-four hours of separation". The two always have a sharp mind, Liu Yihuan every time there is a manuscript, the matter of publishing a book, Mrs. Liu is always familiar with the secretary, when Liu Yihuan is not in good health, Luo Peiyun carefully takes care of him, after fifty years of wind and rain, the two are still inseparable, in and out. Even this year, Mr. Liu was admitted to the hospital due to illness, she has been silently accompanying her, still not abandoning, can be called a model of true love in the literary world.