Shen Shixi

Shen Shixi
沈石溪
Shen in 2025
Born
Shen Yiming

October 1951 (age 74–75)
Shanghai, China
EducationPeople's Liberation Army Academy of Art
OccupationNovelist
Writing career
LanguageChinese
Period1979–present
GenresNovel, short stories
SubjectChildren's literature
Notable workWolf King Dream
Chinese name
Chinese沈石溪
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinShěn Shíxī
Shen Yiming
Traditional Chinese沈一鳴
Simplified Chinese沈一鸣
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinShěn Yīmíng

Shen Shixi (Chinese: 沈石溪; pinyin: Shěn Shíxī; born October 1952), also known as Shen Yiming (沈一鸣; Shěn Yīmíng), is a children's author in China. He is best known for his animal stories, and is known as the "King of Animal Stories". In 2015 he was the 9th highest earning author, earning royalties of 12 million RMB.

Life

Shen Shixi was born in Shanghai in October 1952. In 1968 he was sent to a village of the Dai people in Xishuangbanna. In 1975 he joined the army, and was Head of the Propaganda Department. He became a member of the Yunnan Writers Association in 1982, and the China Writers Association in 1985. In 1992 he moved to creative office of the Chengdu Military Region.[citation needed]

Writing

Shen is best known for his animal stories, and has been described as the "King of Animal Stories".

Awards and honours

Winner of the National Outstanding Children's Literature Award, and the Chen Bochui Children's Literature Award.[citation needed]

Books

References

  1. ↑ Zhang Mingmeng (张明萌) (2022). 沈石溪：写作就像一只鸟，生活和想象力是翅膀 [Shen Shixi: Writing is like a bird, life and imagination are wings]. Southern People Weekly (in Chinese). 713. Guangzhou, Guangdong: Southern Daily Group: 22–25. ISSN 1672-8335.
  2. ↑ Top 10 Richest Chinese Writers in 2015 [dead link]
  3. ↑ 徐林 (2016-03-31). "Top 10 highest-earning Chinese authors". China.org.cn. Retrieved 2022-08-20.
  4. ↑ The Routledge Companion to International Children’s Literature, ed. by John Stephens (Routledge, 2017)
  5. ↑ Reviewed by Outside In World http://www.outsideinworld.org.uk/browse-books.asp?book=1549#top
  6. ↑ "WHEN MU MEETS MIN | Kirkus Reviews".