The famous writer Ye Yonglie died at 9:30 a.m. in Shanghai Changhai Hospital at the age of 80 this morning (May 15). Ye Yonglie, born in August 1940 in Wenzhou, Zhejiang, graduated from the Department of Chemistry of Peking University, and is a famous novelist, historian and reportage writer.
"Shanghai Trilogy", "Oriental Wall Street", "Strait Tenderness", "Encounter Beauty"
In his lifetime, he created many works such as "Deng Xiaoping Changed China", "He Influenced China: Chen Yun", "Approaching Qian Xuesen", "History Pondering Here" and so on. Since 2015, Ye Yonglie has shifted from documentary literature to the creation of long urban novels, and after three years of hard work, he has completed the 1.35 million-word "Shanghai Trilogy". These three novels do not have a story connection, but reflect Shanghai from different perspectives in different historical periods.
The reporter learned from the Tiandi Publishing House that Ye Yonglie was still meticulously revising and revising two works, "The Great Stroke of History: The Historical Silhouette Behind the Letters of Celebrities" and "The Absolute Sound of History: The Smoke Behind the Letters of Celebrities."
The Great Stroke of History: A Historical Silhouette Behind Celebrity Letters
The Sound of History: The Smoke Behind the Letters of Famous People
The two works show us the silhouette of the writer before his death, and it is Ye Yonglie who uses the first-hand celebrity letters in his contacts and interviews as a medium to tell the ins and outs of these letters and the little-known stories behind them. Each story is also a close-up of a character, revealing the tragic and happy fates of different characters in the background of the big era, as well as various celebrity styles, and also recreating the times hidden in the letters.
Ye Yonglie and He Lucheng took a group photo
Ye Yonglie is good at grasping fleeting historical moments, using warm brushstrokes and not long pages to record a life story that is either twists and turns, or bumps, or agitation, and tells the stories of those years and those people, forming a reverberating historical sound and a thick historical masterpiece, with both smiles and tears. The feelings throughout the passage are rich and fluent, the historical materials are true and credible, and there is a strong sense of history and the feelings of the times.
Ye Yonglie's revision and republishment of "The Great Writing of History: The Historical Silhouette Behind the Letters of Celebrities" corrected many details and errors that were not found in the first edition, mainly involving major information such as place names, time, and personal names. It is divided into 6 articles and 82 articles, which tell the correspondence between the author and many elders, writers, artists, historical figures, scientists and overseas people, as well as the people and stories behind the letters, and restore the truth of history with the memories of those who witnessed major events. The "Absolute Sound of History: The Smoke Behind the Letters of Celebrities" is a companion article to "Absolute Writing", divided into 5 articles, a total of 54 articles, respectively, telling the author's correspondence with many writers, artists, historical figures, scientists and overseas people, as well as the people and stories behind the letters, and restoring the truth of history with the memories of those who witnessed major events. It is reported that the two works will meet with readers in the near future.
Ye Yonglie has always been known for his high productivity, and once a reporter asked him about the total number of works, he made a detailed explanation: "Popular science works 10 million words, documentary literature 15 million words, walking literature 5 million words, more than 50 years a total of 30 million words of works." ”
Until the end of his life, Ye Yonglie worked tirelessly. In his view, the work is "frozen time" and "frozen life". Writing is life for him. He said: "I see the work as frozen time, frozen life. My whole life will be frozen in that dense mass of chinese characters.