Jia Pingwa
| Jia Pingwa 贾平凹 |
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| Born | Jia Pingwa (贾平娃) 21 February 1952 Dihua Village, Danfeng County, Shangluo Special Administrative Region, Shaanxi, China |
| Pen name | Jia Pingwa |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Language | Chinese |
| Education | Northwest University (1971-5) |
| Period | 1973 – present |
| Notable works |
Ruined City, Qin Opera |
| Spouse | Han Junfang (韩俊芳) (1979.1.22-1992.11.26) Guo Mei (郭梅) (1996.12.12– present) |
| Children | Jia Qianqian (贾浅浅) Jia Ruo (贾若) |
Jia Pingwa (simplified Chinese: 贾平娃; traditional Chinese: 賈平娃; pinyin: Jiǎ Píngwá; born 21 February 1952), better known by his penname Jia Pingwa (simplified Chinese: 贾平凹; traditional Chinese: 賈平凹; pinyin: Jiǎ Píngwā), is one of China's most popular authors of novels, short stories, poetry, and non-fiction. He was born in 1952 in Dihua Village, Danfeng County, Shangluo Special Administrative Region (present-day Shangluo City), Shaanxi, later graduating from Northwest University in Xi'an. His most well-known novels include Ruined City, which was banned by the State Publishing Administration for over 17 years for its explicit sexual content, and Qin Opera, winner of the 2009 Mao Dun Literature Prize.
Born only three years after the founding of the People's Republic of China, as the son of a school teacher, Jia Yanchun (贾彦春), Jia had an early role model for his later decision to become a writer. Due to a shortage of qualified teachers in Shaanxi at the time, however, Jia's father was often away from home and so he spent much of his early childhood with his mother, Zhou Xiao'e (周小鹅). With the advent of the Cultural Revolution in 1966, Jia Yanchun was accused of being a counter-revolutionary and he spent the next ten years in a labor camp. Three years later, with the closing of all schools in China following the excesses of the Red Guards, Jia was dispatched with his classmates to build reservoirs in the countryside.
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