A famous literary master at home and abroad, an outstanding social activist, a well-known patriotic Democrat without party affiliation, a close friend of China's * * * Production Party, the vice chairman of the 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th National Committee of China People's Political Consultative Conference, and the chairman of Chinese Writers Association, Comrade Ba Jin, died of illness in Shanghai on June 5438+1October 5438+07, 2005.

Comrade Ba Jin, formerly known as Li Yaotang, took his pen names Wang Wenhui, Ouyang Jingrong, Huang Shuhui and Yu Yi. 1904165438+1was born in Chengdu, Sichuan on October 25th. Under the influence of the Great May 4th Movement that broke out in 19 19, he began to read a lot of progressive books and periodicals such as New Youth, and gradually accepted progressive ideas such as anti-imperialism, feudalism, science and democracy. From 65438 to 0920, he entered Chengdu International Studies University, got extensive contact with western literature and social science works, and participated in the work of Half-monthly Talk magazine and some progressive social activities. 1922 In February, he published 12 poem "Crying of the Abused (Waiting)" in Literature magazine, and began his brilliant literary creation career. /kloc-in the winter of 0/922, I graduated from Chengdu International Studies University as a preparatory course and an undergraduate course (English). 1923 went to Shanghai to study, 1924 was admitted to the middle school affiliated to Nanjing southeast university, 1925 engaged in social activities and compilation work in Shanghai after graduating from high school. 1927 1 to study in Paris, France. During my stay in France, on the one hand, I read a lot of western philosophy and literary works; On the other hand, he always cares about the fate of the motherland and misses the suffering country and people. With this deep feeling, he wrote the first novel "Death" against the dark forces, which was first published in "Fiction Monthly" on 1929 under the pseudonym "Ba Jin", causing widespread concern in and outside the literary world. 192865438+In February, he returned to Shanghai from France. During this period, he translated many foreign literary, ideological and cultural works, such as Kropotkin's Ethics, Tolstoy's Death of Dandong and Gorky's Story of the Grassland. Subsequently, he devoted himself to literary creation with great enthusiasm, wrote novels such as Home, Spring, Love Trilogy, novella The Dead Sun, and published several collections of short stories such as Revenge and Light. 1933 participated in the work of literature special issue. 1934 to 1935 Learn Japanese in Japan. After returning to China, he served as the editor-in-chief of Cultural Life Publishing House in Shanghai. He spent a lot of time and energy on editing and publishing, supported the creation of many progressive writers, and made indelible contributions to the development of progressive literature and art. After the full-scale outbreak of 1937 War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, he served as the editorial board of Wang Jiu Daily hosted by Guo Moruo, and co-edited the magazine Scream (later renamed "Beacon") with Mao Dun, during which he wrote many poems full of patriotic passion. After 1938, he worked in publishing in Guangzhou, Shanghai, Kunming, Chongqing, Guilin, Chengdu and other places, published the novel Fire (trilogy) to promote the war of resistance against Japan, and completed the creation of novels such as Autumn, Resting Garden, The Fourth Ward and Cold Night. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, he returned to Shanghai and continued his publishing and translation work in Cultural Life Publishing House. 1949 In July, he attended the All-China Congress of Literary and Art Workers held in Beijing and was elected as a member of the All-China Federation of Literary and Art Circles. On the eve of the founding of New China, as a representative of the All-China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, he attended the first plenary session of the China People's Political Consultative Conference.

After the founding of New China, Comrade Ba Jin successively served as editor-in-chief of Pingming Publishing House, editor-in-chief of Literature Monthly, Harvest and Shanghai Literature, vice-chairman and honorary chairman of Shanghai Federation of Literary and Art Circles, vice-chairman of East China Writers Association, chairman and honorary chairman of Shanghai Writers Association, vice-chairman of Shanghai CPPCC, vice-chairman and chairman of China Writers Association, and honorary member of China Federation of Literary and Art Circles. He is a deputy to the First, Second and Third National People's Congresses, a member of the Fifth the NPC Standing Committee, a deputy to the First China People's Political Consultative Conference, and a vice-chairman of the Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth and Tenth China People's Political Consultative Conference.

Comrade Ba Jin is one of the most influential literary masters in China since the May 4th New Culture Movement. He is also recognized as an outstanding novelist, essayist, translator, editor and publisher. He has successively created the trilogy of death, rebirth, torrent (home, spring and autumn), the trilogy of love (fog, rain and electricity), fire, garden rest, cold night and the fourth. He is proficient in English, French, Russian, German, Esperanto and other languages, and has translated more than a dozen world famous works. "Home" strongly accused and resisted the evils of feudal autocratic families in China, once aroused the voices of countless young people and encouraged them to get out of the feudal cage and join the revolution and social progress movement. Cold Night reflects the tragic fate of the bottom intellectuals and their families in the most difficult period of the Anti-Japanese War, appeals to the trampled little people, and expresses the conscience of a writer with social responsibility. From 1958 to 1962, People's Literature Publishing House published fourteen volumes of Ba Jin's Collected Works, which is the crystallization of his creative achievements before liberation. After the founding of New China, he went deep into factories, rural areas and old revolutionary base areas for many times to experience life, twice went to the war-torn Korean battlefield, created a large number of reports and essays, and published a collection of short stories reflecting the Korean War, such as Hero's Story and Li Dahai. The film Hero's Children, based on his novel Reunion, aroused enthusiastic response from the audience. He and Jin Yi founded and edited the large-scale literary publication Harvest, which is one of the most influential literary magazines in China. Over the past decades, the works of a large number of outstanding writers have come out, which has had a far-reaching impact on the development of contemporary literature in China. When he was nearly eighty years old, he still overcame his serious illness and wrote five volumes of Random Thoughts with tenacious perseverance, which made his prose creation reach a peak in ideology and art. After the 1990s, he published a collection of essays, Re-thinking Record, and edited and published the Complete Works of Ba Jin (26 volumes). He is famous at home and abroad for his passionate works and a childlike innocence that loves the people of the motherland. A large number of outstanding works created by him are precious wealth in the history of modern and contemporary literature in China. Many of his works have been translated into nearly 30 languages, including English, Russian, Japanese, French, German, Italian, Swedish, Korean and Esperanto, and have been widely spread all over the world. Comrade Ba Jin has served as an important leader of the Chinese Writers Association for a long time, attached importance to uniting writers, cared about the construction of writers, promoted the emergence of outstanding works, and made outstanding contributions to the prosperity of socialist literature.

Comrade Ba Jin is an outstanding social activist. After the liberation of the whole country, as a diplomatic envoy of the people, he visited abroad many times and participated in international cultural exchanges and other activities. In June, 1950, 1 1, attended the second world peace-keeping conference in Warsaw. Then he visited the former Soviet Union five times. 1961April, attended the emergency meeting of Asian writers in Tokyo and served as the head of the China delegation. 1In August, 962, he led a delegation to attend the 8th World Conference on the Prohibition of Atomic Bombs and Hydrogen Bombs held in Tokyo, Japan, and then visited Japan several times. 1in April, 979, he led a delegation of French writers to visit France for the first time, which set off a "Ba Jin fever" in Paris and greatly promoted the cultural exchanges between China and France. 198 1 In the spring of, he led a delegation to attend the Esperanto Conference held in Sweden. In the same year, he attended the Lyon-Paris Congress of International PEN. 1In May, 984, as one of the seven cultural celebrities in the world, he was invited to attend the 47th International PEN Conference held in Tokyo, Japan. He has made positive contributions to promoting world peace, developing friendly cooperation between China and foreign countries and international cultural exchanges. He has won many honorary titles at home and abroad. 1982 won the Italian Dante International Award, 1983 won the French Legion of Honor, 1984 won the honorary doctorate in literature from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1985 won the honorary foreign academician of the American Academy of Literature and Art, and 1990 won the People's Friendship Medal of the former Soviet Union. 1993 won the "Comfort Award for Senior Writers" from Asian Chinese Writers' Literature and Art Foundation, and 1998 won the Outstanding Contribution Award from Shanghai Literature and Art Award. In 2003, the State Council awarded him the honorary title of "People's Writer".

Comrade Ba Jin is a close friend of China's * * * production party and a famous patriotic Democrat without party affiliation. For decades, he and China * * * production party treated each other with sincerity, sharing weal and woe. During the democratic revolution, he took an active part in progressive social activities. After the "September 18th Incident", he enthusiastically participated in the anti-Japanese national salvation movement, and served as the director of the All-China Anti-Japanese Federation of Literary and Art Circles after the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War. After the Southern Anhui Incident, he took part in the signature movement against the Kuomintang dictatorship. He actively supported President Mao Zedong's idea of establishing a coalition government. As a representative of the first plenary session of China People's Political Consultative Conference, he participated in the great historical process of the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC). After the founding of New China, he supported the leadership of the Communist Party of China and socialism, and made great contributions to the literary career of New China. After entering the new period of reform and opening-up, he sincerely supported the line, principles and policies of China Producer Party since the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Party, and was sincerely pleased with the great achievements made in China's economic construction and social development. Despite his illness in his later years, he was still very concerned about state affairs. He actively called for and organized the construction of the China Modern Literature Museum, and donated his savings of several hundred thousand yuan, remuneration and more than 8,000 books to the museum. He participated in the establishment of the China Literature Foundation, and has been its president. He also made many donations to Project Hope and social charity. Because of its special contribution, 1999 was approved by the small celestial naming committee under the International Astronomical Union, and the asteroid 83 15 was named Ba Jin Star. He served as the vice chairman of China People's Political Consultative Conference for five consecutive years. He was concerned about China's reform, opening up and modernization, the work of CPPCC, and made active suggestions and suggestions, making important contributions to upholding and improving the multi-party cooperation and political consultation system led by the Communist Party of China (CPC), and to the development of CPPCC and the construction of Socialism with Chinese characteristics.

An interesting story about Ba Jin, a great literary master.

■ Write your illness into a novel.

Ba Jin, who was sickly in childhood, actually never went to college. /kloc-When he was 0/4 years old, he finally got grandpa's permission and entered an English cram school. Only a month later, he dropped out of school because of illness. 1925 I went to Beijing to prepare for the examination of Peking University, but I was diagnosed with lung disease during my physical examination and missed out on Peking University. In Ba Jin's works, there are often descriptions of the protagonist suffering from lung disease or other diseases, and his mood and thoughts have changed because of his illness, such as Du Daxin in Death. When writing Death, it was a critical period for Ba Jin to treat lung disease and recuperate. The hero Du Daxin had the idea of assassinating warlords to relieve his pain because of lung disease.

■ Home brings home to Ba Jin.

Ba Jin has always taken "May everyone in the world have food" as his responsibility, and devoted himself to his career, neglecting his children's affair. From 65438 to 0936, Ba Jin became an idol in the hearts of young people with his "Home", and many people sought after him. One female high school student wrote him the most letters. They have been writing to each other for half a year, but they have never met. Finally, the girl put forward in the letter: "The written language is so harmonious, why can't it be said in person?" The girl took the initiative to send a photo to Ba Jin, and then they made an appointment to meet in a cafe. After eight years of long-distance love, 20-year-old Ba Jin married this girl named Xiao Shan. Xiao Shan, who is 13 years younger than Ba Jin, is the first and only woman who makes Ba Jin emotional.

■ Buy books without eating.

Ba Jin loves books and is famous in the cultural circle. 1949 On the eve of liberation in Shanghai, Ba Jin's family was already living in poverty, but they still had to scrimp and save on books. One day, Xiao Shan, who has been relying on him, couldn't help but say to him, "There is no money at home." Ba Jin, who doesn't know if he has any money at home, said, "Money is used to buy books. How can you live without buying books? " The next day, he took the children to the bookstore again.

■ Ba Jin's son is "anonymous"

Li, the son of Ba Jin, studied at Fudan University for four years. Many school leaders don't know that he is the son of Ba Jin. During graduation assignment, many people asked people to enter a good unit through the back door, but Ba Jin didn't say hello to anyone. After graduation, Li went to work in the Literature and History Office of Shanghai CPPCC. He has worked without complaint for more than 20 years. On the occasion of Ba Jin's 90th birthday, Chen Tiedi, chairman of Shanghai CPPCC, visited Ba Jin in his apartment. Seeing his staff Li, Chen Tiedi also asked strangely, "Why are you here?"