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Ba Jin
Sign in to saveAlso known as Li Yaotang, Li Feigan, Pa Chin, Pa Kin
Chinese novelist and anarchist activist (1904-2005)
Key facts
- Born
- Li Yaotang / Li Feigan , ( 1904-11-25 ) 25 November 1904, Chengdu , Sichuan, Qing China
- Died
- 17 October 2005 (2005-10-17) (aged 100), Shanghai , China
- Pen name
- Ba Jin
- Occupation
- Novelist
- Notable works
- Turbulent Stream: The Family , Spring , and Autumn , Love Trilogy: Fog , Rain , and Lightning
- Notable awards
- 1983: Legion of Honour , 1990: Fukuoka Prize (special prize)
- Spouse
- Xiao Shan ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1936 ; died 1972 )
- Children
- Li Xiaolin, Li Xiao
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Li
- Named after
- Peter Kropotkin
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- China
- Place of birth
- Chengdu
- Place of death
- Shanghai
- Occupation
- politician
- Educated at
- Sichuan University
- Languages spoken
- Chinese
- Religion
- atheism
- Image
- 巴金1938.jpg
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- Commons category
- Ba Jin
- date of birth
- 1904-11-25
- date of death
- 2005-10-17
- medical condition
- Parkinson's disease
- cause of death
- Parkinson's disease
- manner of death
- natural causes
- pseudonym
- Ba Jin
- writing language
- Chinese
- name in native language
- 巴金
- influenced by
- Julio Baghy
- subject has role
- centenarian
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Encyclopedic overview
Alternative Chinese name Traditional Chinese李堯棠 Simplified Chinese李尧棠
Li Yaotang (Chinese: 李堯棠; pinyin: Lǐ Yáotáng; 25 November 1904 – 17 October 2005), better known by his pen name Ba Jin (Chinese: 巴金; pinyin: Bā Jīn) or his courtesy name Li Feigan (Chinese: 李芾甘; pinyin: Lǐ Fèigān), was a Chinese anarchist, translator, and writer. In addition to his impact on Chinese literature, he also wrote three original works in Esperanto, and as a political activist he wrote The Family.
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