Ba Jin's Information
Ba Jin (1897-1966) was a famous translator, children's writer, social actician and literary critic in China. He was born in Yueyang City, Hunan Province, and grew up in a scholarly family. He studied at Tsinghua University and the Higher Normal College in France. His works have a variety of styles, covering novels, essays, poems, translation and many other art forms, which are deeply loved by readers. Ba Jin's representative works include "Home","Spring","Autumn","Border Town","Canopy Collection","Torch" and so on. His works described the lives and fates of ordinary Chinese people as the theme, expressing his concern for social reality and human nature, and was regarded as one of the founders of modern Chinese literature. Ba Jin has won many literary awards, including the Nobel Prize in Literature, the French Knight of Literature and Art, and the British Knight of Literature and Art. He was also actively involved in social activities and literary research to promote the development and prosperity of Chinese literature. Ba Jin was an outstanding person who had a profound influence on modern Chinese literature and culture.