Liu Zhenyun

Liu Zhenyun 刘震云
Born	May 1958 (age 58) Yanjin, Henan, China
Occupation	Writer
Language	Chinese
Alma mater	Peking University
Notable works	One Sentence worth Ten Thousand
Notable awards	Mao Dun Literature Prize 2011
Spouse	Guo Jianmei 郭建梅

Liu Zhenyun (born 1958) is a Chinese novelist. His novel One Sentence worth Ten Thousand was awarded the 2011 Mao Dun Literature Prize.

Liu was born in Yanjin, Henan Province in 1958. In 1973 he joined the People's Liberation Army and spent five years in the Gobi desert. In 1978, he took the gaokao and got the highest score in Henan Province admitted into the prestigious Peking University. After graduating from university, he became a journalist at the Farmers Daily.

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