Ma Feng

Ma Feng

Ma Feng (1922-january 31, 2004), formerly known as Ma Shuming, was born in Xiaoyi City, Shanxi Province. He is a writer and playwright in mainland China.

In 1942, he published his first short story the first reconnaissance. In 1947, he wrote the short story a thunderstorm night. In 1953, he published the novel a pinball machine. In 1959, he was the screenwriter of the plot film young people in our village. In 1960, he wrote the short story "the female general of the Yang family". In 1966, Ma Feng was persecuted and went through a series of experiences, such as being criticized, fighting and squatting in a cowshed. In 1975, he and sun Qian jointly wrote the screenplay several snows and several springs. In 1978, he wrote a novel biography of Liu Hulan. In 1980, he published the short story "marriage scene meeting", which won the Chinese excellent short story award. In 1985, he worked with sun Qian as the screenwriter of the plot film our veterans. In 1987, his short story "hulugou now and then" won the Chinese excellent short story award. In 1996, he published the selected novels of Ma Feng. In 1997, he wrote the modern novel the story of yuan Jiujin. On January 31, 2004, Ma Feng died of illness in Taiyuan at the age of 82. In 2015, his novel "chronicle of Yulong village" was published.

Character experience

In 1927, 5-year-old Ma Feng lost his father. In 1930, he stayed with his mother at his uncle's home in dongdawang village, Fenyang County, where he enrolled. After graduating from primary school, he was admitted to Xiaoyi County primary school. In 1937, when the Japanese invaders invaded Shanxi, the school was forced to stop, and Ma Feng had to drop out of school. In the spring of 1938, Ma Feng participated in the Anti Japanese guerrilla forces, first served as soldiers, then transferred to propaganda team as a propagandist, and fought with the army in Taihang Mountain and Lvliang mountains. In the same year, he joined the Communist Party of China. In 1940, Ma Feng was sent to the army art cadre training class attached to Yan'an Lu Xun art college to study; half a year later, he transferred to the art team of the army art school. On September 16, 1942, Ma Feng published his first short story "the first reconnaissance" in Yan'an Jiefang Daily. In winter, Ma Feng returned from Yan'an to the Jinsui border region, where he was assigned to work as a literary and Art Troupe, engaged in cultural and educational propaganda activities in various public factories, and became the correspondent of Jinsui daily and Jinsui Dazhong daily. In 1944, the literary and art circles in the border region of Shanxi and Suiyuan launched the prize solicitation activity for literature and art for the seventh anniversary of the Anti Japanese war. Ma Feng created the popular story "the story of Zhang Chuyuan" according to the deeds of Zhang Chuyuan, a labor model in the border region, who won the second prize for literature and art in the border region of Shanxi and Suiyuan. In autumn, he was transferred to work as a reporter and editor in chief of Jinsui Dazhong daily, and concurrently served as the publisher of Luliang culture and education She. In 1945, he cooperated with Xirong to write the novel biography of heroes in Luliang. In 1947, he took part in the land reform and wrote the short story a thunderstorm night. In 1949, he served as the general manager of Jinsui publishing house; in July, he participated in the first literature Congress and was elected as an alternate member of the Federation of literary and art circles and a director of the Association for literary and art circles; in the same year, he also served as the editorial board member of talk and sing, a monthly magazine founded by Beijing popular creation Research Association. In June 1951, the short story marriage was published in the people's daily, which was selected as the textbook in the middle school Chinese textbook. In 1953, he published the novel a pinball machine. In 1954, he was transferred to be a member of the creative group of the Chinese writers' Association and vice minister of the youth department; in the same year, he was the screenwriter of the plot film marriage. In 1956, he served as vice chairman of the Shanxi Federation of literary and art circles, chairman of the Shanxi Branch of the writers' Association, and Secretary of the Fenyang county Party committee. In the same year, he worked with Xirong as the screenwriter of the plot film the unquenchable flame. In 1958, he published the novel village feud and the short story Han Meimei in the same year. In 1959, he was the screenwriter of the plot film young people in our village. In 1960, he wrote the short story "the female general of the Yang family". In 1964, he took part in the four Qing movement in Yuanping county and served as the team leader of shijiayezhuang. In 1966, Ma Feng was persecuted and went through a series of experiences, such as being criticized, fighting and squatting in a cowshed. in 1971, he was assigned to Xigou brigade of Pingshun county to jump the queue for two years. In 1973, he was transferred back to the creative group of the Cultural Bureau of Shanxi Province. In 1975, he and sun Qian jointly wrote the screenplay several snows and several springs. In 1976, he was the screenwriter of the plot film Shanhua. In 1977, he published the novel my first superior. In 1978, Ma Feng was elected chairman of Shanxi Provincial Federation of literary and art circles; in the same year, he wrote a novel biography of Liu Hulan, which won the Oriental cup prize for Chinese documentary literature. In 1980, he published the short story "marriage scene meeting", which won the Chinese excellent short story Award; in the same year, he and sun Qian worked as the screenwriter of the plot film "tears". In 1984, he wrote the novel old man Peng Chenggui. In 1985, he worked with sun Qian as the screenwriter of the plot film our veterans. In 1987, he wrote the short story hulugou today and in the past, which describes the process of interviewing hulugou and shows the realistic attitude of objectively evaluating the rural history before and after the reform. He won the China excellent short story award. In 1988, he worked with sun Qian as the screenwriter of the plot film "the aunts and mothers of Huangtupo"; in the same year, he published the screenplay collection "selected works of Ma Feng and sun Qian". In 1996, he published the selected novels of Ma Feng. In 1997, he wrote the modern novel the story of yuan Jiujin. On January 31, 2004, Ma Feng died of illness in Taiyuan at the age of 82. In 2015, his novel "chronicle of Yulong village" was published.

Main works

literary works

Screenwriter's works

Award winning record

Character evaluation

Ma Feng is a writer with a strong sense of responsibility and mission. His works can be called the weatherglass of Chinese rural history. The achievements and problems of rural work at each stage, the thoughts and lives of farmers can be reflected in his works. His works have a strong sense of life and historical mission, and he has always been simple in life, never care about personal fame and wealth, upright, sincere, open and aboveboard. His character and literary quality can be regarded as a model. His novels mainly describe the changes of the spiritual world of farmers in different historical periods, with a broad picture of life, rich characters and rich techniques of expression. In the middle and late 1950s, with the novels "my first superior" and "three years ago" as the symbol, it formed its own popular and simple, humorous and fluent artistic style, full of strong national characteristics. With a strong sense of the times, his short stories are like a group of pictures of China's rural reform, showing the footprints of Chinese farmers moving forward optimistically and confidently along the socialist road. Ma Feng is good at writing ordinary farmers and rural grassroots cadres, showing their beautiful spiritual world, so that his works are always full of vitality (China online review).

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