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Ah Cheng


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Beijing, China

Ah Cheng, born in Beijing in 1949, is the pen name of Zhong Acheng (simplified Chinese: 钟阿城; traditional Chinese: 鍾阿城; pinyin: Zhōng Āchéng). An accomplished fiction writer, painter, and screenwriter (for internationally renowned Taiwanese director, Hou Xiaoxian), Ah Cheng spent the Cultural Revolution years in a small village in Inner Mongolia where he painted the sheep and grasslands, and on a State Farm bordering Yunnan province and Laos. During the 1980s he came to prominence as a member of the “primitive” or “seeking roots” literary movement. He has lived in several countries including the US, often not writing for long periods and working various jobs such as fixing bicycles and house painting. In 1992 he received the Italian Nonino I ...more

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Average rating: 3.89 · 698 ratings · 78 reviews · 11 distinct works • Similar authors
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The Chess Master
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威尼斯日记
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Il re degli alberi
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常识与通识
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遍地风流
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Il re dei bambini
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闲话闲说
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Unfilled Graves
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