Zheng Chunhua
| Zheng Chunhua | |
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| Born | 1959 (age 57–58) Chun'an County, Zhejiang |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Language | Chinese |
| Nationality | Chinese |
| Ethnicity | Hui people |
| Alma mater |
Lu Xun Literary Institute Nanjing University |
| Period | 1980 - present |
| Subject | Children's literature |
| Notable works | Big Head Son and Small Head Dad |
| Children | A son and a daughter |
| Relatives | Zheng Chengyi (father) |
| Zheng Chunhua | |||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 鄭春華 | ||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 郑春华 | ||||||
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Zhèng Chūnhuá |
Zheng Chunhua (born 1959) is a Chinese writer best known for writing children's literature. She is noted for her book Big Head Son and Small Head Dad, which was a besteller among children's literature, and the adapted animation with the same name, released in 1995, was also a big hit.
Zheng was born into a Hui people family, in Chun'an County, Zhejiang in 1959. After high school, she worked in a farm and soon became a nursery governess in 1979, after the Culture Revolution. Zheng started to publish works in 1980. That same year, her poem, Little Bed, won first prize at the Shanghai Youth Poetry Creation Contest. In 1981, she was assigned to Shanghai Adolescence and Children Press as an editor. Her noted book, Big Head Son and Small Head Dad, was published in 1990, and has been adapted for animation with the same name in 1995.
One of her works has been adapted for animation:
Zheng has two children, a son and a daughter.
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