He began writing in the early 1950s.
It has been almost 70 years.
His works "Long Live Youth" and "Activity Transforms into Human Form",
Influencing generations of readers.
Wang Meng, although he has entered the old age,
But he still faces life with exuberant creativity and enthusiasm.
No one can be young forever, but in literature it is possible.
Today at 21:20,
In this issue of Meet the Good Book,
Let us enter the literary world of Wang Meng,
And look at how literature makes youth last forever.
01 About the author
Wang Meng, the name of the Chinese literary world. He worked tirelessly and wrote the Emperor's great works. Among them, novels such as "Long Live Youth", "Activities Change into Human Form", "This Side of the Landscape", and "Here Comes a Young Man from the Organization Department" are widely circulated. As a literary creator who grew up with the Republic, Wang Meng witnessed the development of contemporary Chinese literature. In 2019, Wang Meng was awarded the national honorary title of "People's Artist".
In April 2021, at the sincere invitation of Guangxi Normal University Press, Wang Meng came to Guangxi to enjoy the landscape of Guilin. Turning the pages of the book and following in Wang Meng's footsteps, we can comb through Wang Meng's literary context together in the infinite scenery.
Wang Meng People's Artist Famous Writers:
"I've been to Guilin a few times before, and I think I've been here at least three or four times in the 1980s and 1990s. Guilin is still a place for me that is very familiar, very emotional, and will never be forgotten. ”
Gao Yuanbao is a professor at the Department of Chinese of Fudan University
Doctoral supervisor of Modern and Contemporary Chinese Literature
Wang Meng's biggest characteristic is that he was the first generation of writers cultivated by New China itself. The second characteristic is that he is also the longest and most exuberant of this generation of writers. The third characteristic is that it has never been interrupted, and his uninterrupted 70-year literary career has accompanied and witnessed the development of social life in various historical periods in China. The three characteristics are that Wang Meng can be said to be unparalleled in the history of contemporary Chinese literature.
In the four stages of literary creation, Wang Mengdu wrote different masterpieces. He wrote "Long Live Youth" at the age of 19, and there is still a steady stream of new works published in his old age. Published by the People's Literature Publishing House, the Collected Works of Wang Meng has reached 50 volumes, sprinkled with more than 17 million words, and the volume is huge, very rare, and is still being updated.
Huang Weilin is a professor at the College of Liberal Arts of Guangxi Normal University
In the 1990s, Wang Meng was 60 years old, and in people's minds, it should be said that a golden period of creation had passed, but he actually launched the "Season" quadrilogy, which was very surprising.
Zang Yongqing, President of the People's Literature Publishing House
In 2023, a new edition will be released before the 70th anniversary of Wang Meng's creation. He is constantly writing now, there are constantly new works being published, and there are hundreds of such novels and essays that he did not find or remember before, and now that he has found them, the volume of the Next "Wang Meng's Collected Works" will be larger. We will form a special editorial board to publish Mr. Wang Meng's collected works with quality and quantity. This is also the mission and responsibility of our People's Literature Publishing House as China's publishing national team.
Yang Liu, Responsible Editor of The Collected Works of Wang Meng, Editor of people's literature publishing house
One minute in a conversation, maybe the next minute he could go and write right away, and he was always in. He was always able to realize the kind of thoughts, those ideas, of his own creation, that is to say, he was not too affected by this external influence. Kong Meng, Lao Zhuang, the interpretation of these, began to (write) Xunzi again, this is a very good ancient text, if there is no real kung fu, this thing is not dare to do. He is also an old man in his eighties, and he is ninety years old, so his efficiency is also very high.
Liu Jinglin Publisher Former Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Guangxi Normal University Press Group Co., Ltd
He did not write for the sake of fame or royalties at all, he was entirely for an exploration of the literary world. Wang Meng's language is the waterfall of language, it falls sharply, really like "Wanglushan Waterfall" written, looking at the waterfall hanging in the front river, it is suspected that the Milky Way fell for nine days.
With the development of the times,
Literature seems to be getting farther and farther away from us.
Concerns about whether literature will die out
Often appears.
However, there will always be someone who will give their own answer.
Li Jingze Writer Critic Vice Chairman of the China Writers Association
Wang Meng's works have actually had different degrees of influence on generations of writers and even generations of ordinary people. In it, the new atmosphere of that era is surging and the new spiritual atmosphere.
Nie Zhenning, former president of China Publishing Group Corporation, chairman of Taofen Foundation
The content of Wang Meng's works has always been to pay attention to people's humanistic spirit, people's kindness, people's efforts, people's enterprising, people's difficulties, and people's hopes, so he has always had ideals in it, and has always had an enterprising spirit in it.
Wang Yuewen Is The Chairman of hunan Writers Association
Mr. Wang Meng is an example that our future generation of writers should learn from, indeed he is a literary model, writing is very diligent, doing learning is also diligent, he is a young writer.
Huang Xuanzhuang Secretary of the Party Committee of Guangxi Normal University Press Group Co., Ltd. Chairman of the Board
Mr. Wang Meng is definitely a well-deserved representative figure in the field of literature in our country.
Diane Writer Reader
I think that in Mr. Wang Meng's works, in fact, especially if you look at his things in recent years, he still has a youthful spirit. I was interviewing for the first time, and his book was "Next Year I'm Going to Age," and he told me why I said, "Next year I'm going to age," because I'm still young this year, and I think that's actually a very representative of a state that includes his creations, and he's still doing a kind of exploration.
Chen Qifan, writer reader
There are some artists and writers in history, including such big directors, and so on, whose artistic life is very long, because they can maintain a passion for lifelong learning and lifelong creation, and I think this passion is very precious. Especially now many people will feel that I am almost enough to lie flat, but I think people must have a higher sense of mission.
Wang Meng People's Artist Famous writer
Literature develops our thinking, literature develops our IQ, and literature develops our emotional intelligence. Literature will not die, no matter when, we can not do without literature, life can not be separated from literature, literature is inseparable from the people, inseparable from readers, inseparable from the times.
In real life, we see quicksand pass away in the palm of our hands,
It is impossible to want to stay young forever and the sun and the moon are beautiful.
But people who love literature never give up.
Industrious and tireless,
Youth can be eternal in literature and passed on in eternity.
Literature can never be defeated.
Hopefully we too.
This episode will be broadcast when:
Guangxi Satellite TV March 21 (Monday) 21:20
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