Shen Changwen, a well-known publisher and cultural scholar, was found dead in his sleep by his daughter in the early morning of January 10 at the age of 90. As the former general manager of Sanlian Bookstore and the editor-in-chief of Reading Magazine, he is a meritorious figure in the publishing industry, enjoying his lifelong editing position and influencing many people. This includes Li Xin, former editor-in-chief of Sanlian Bookstore.
Li Xin
"I mourn the distinguished publisher, my esteemed predecessor Mr. Shen Changwen." In an interview with Red Star News, Li Xin said that Mr. Shen Changwen's life was "a life for books." The creation of the Sanlian brand, Shen Gonggong is indispensable. In 1986, the central government decided to restore Sanlian Bookstore as an independent publishing institution, and Shen Gong was the first general manager. He led 29 young colleagues, starting from scratch, taking "cutting-edge" and "first-class" as the publishing quality standard, on the basis of "cultural people write, read to cultural people" advocated by Mr. Fan Yong, boldly introduced the new concept of Western thought and culture, "one step ahead" published a large number of works in "Tolerance", "The Third Wave", "Love Theory" and "Modern Western Academic Library", which caused great repercussions in the academic and cultural circles and played an important role in promoting the ideological enlightenment of contemporary Chinese society. The brand of Sanlian as the "spiritual home of intellectuals" was formed during this period. It can be said that Shen Gong's publishing concept of "one step ahead" has formed an important tradition of Sanlian, which has been adhered to by Sanlian people with a sense of social responsibility until today.
【Deceased Shen Changwen】
Shen Changwen was born in Shanghai on September 26, 1931, graduated from the Shanghai Private Minzhi Journalism College, and served as a proofreader, secretary, editor, director and deputy editor-in-chief of the People's Publishing House from March 1951 to December 1985, and from January 1986 to December 1995, he served as the general manager of Life, Reading and Xinzhi Sanlian Bookstore and the editor-in-chief of Reading Magazine. During this period, the publication of Western classic works "Tolerance", "Theory of Love", "The Third Wave", as well as Cai Zhizhong's cartoons and Jin Yong's works, caused great repercussions in society. The "Reading" magazine under his auspices is considered to be the "most open-minded and most active", and has successively opened Feng Yidai's "Western Book Collection", Wang Zuoliang's "Essay on Reading Poetry", Fan Gang's "Reading Notes on Modern Economics", Zhao Yifan's "Harvard Reading Notes", and many other columns of both literary and ideological nature, making "Reading" magazine a banner in China's intellectual circles. After retiring in January 1996, he initiated the establishment of "Vientiane" magazine, planning and publishing "New Century Universal Library" and so on.
Red Star News reporter Chen Mou
Edit Bao Chengli
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