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Tian Han

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Chinese playwright, screenwriter, songwriter (1898-1968)

Person · Open Library

Born
1898
Died
1968
Works
50

Top works

  • 三葉集
  • 십삼릉저수지교향곡
  • 風雨歸舟
  • 中国话剧运动五十年史料集
  • 圍着棺的人们

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
368
Total plays
1,084

Tags

new ageoperaChinatraditionalChinese Opera

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Academic profile · OpenAlex

120h-index
Works
747
Cited by
63,693

Research areas

Environmental scienceBiologyGeographyEcologyGeology

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Key facts

Born
( 1898-03-12 ) 12 March 1898, Guoyuan , Hunan , Qing China
Died
10 December 1968 (1968-12-10) (aged 70), Beijing , China
Pen name
Tián Shòuchāng, Bóhóng, Chén Yú, Shùrén, Hànxiān, etc.
Occupation
Playwright, novelist, poet
Language
Chinese
Alma mater
Tokyo Higher Normal School
Period
1920–1968
Genre
Novel, poem, drama
Notable works
March of the Volunteers
Spouse
Yi Shuyu ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1920 ⁠ – ⁠ 1925 ) ​ Huang Dalin ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1927 ⁠ – ⁠ 1929 ) ​ Lin Weizhong ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1930 ⁠ – ⁠ 1946 ) ​ An E ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1930 ⁠ – ⁠ 1968 ) ​
Children
Tian Dawei

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Encyclopedic overview

Courtesy name Traditional Chinese壽昌 Simplified Chinese寿昌

Tian Han (田漢; simplified 田汉) 12 March 1898 – 10 December 1968), formerly romanized as T'ien Han, was a Chinese drama activist, playwright, a leader of revolutionary music and films, as well as a translator and poet. He emerged at the time of the New Culture Movement of the early 20th century and continued to be active until the Cultural Revolution, when he was denounced and jailed for two years until his death, before being "posthumously rehabilitated" by the Chinese authorities in 1979. He is considered by drama historians as one of the three founders of Chinese spoken drama, together with Ouyang Yuqian and Hong Shen. His most famous legacy may be the lyrics he wrote for "March of the Volunteers" in 1934, which were later adopted as the national anthem of the People's Republic of China.

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