Lu Yao
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| birth_name = Wang Weiguo
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| birth_place = Qingjian County, Yulin, Shaanxi, China
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| death_place = Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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Wang Weiguo ({{zh|s=王卫国}}; 1949–1992), better known by his pen name Lu Yao ({{zh|s=路遥}}), was a Chinese novelist.
Biography
He was born on 3 December 1949 in Qingjian County, Shaanxi Province. He had six siblings and grew up in a very poor family.
Career
He began writing novels when as a college student, and graduated from the Chinese Department of Yan'an University in 1973. After graduation, he became an editor of Yanhe magazine. In 1982, Lu Yao published his novella "Life", which was made into a film in 1984. It was at this time that he started to become well known across China. In 1991, Lu Yao finished his most famous work, Ordinary World,{{Cite web|title=Lu Yao's Ordinary World now on air as TV series[1]- Chinadaily.com.cn|url=https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/culture/2015-03/12/content_19787277.htm|access-date=2021-02-09|website=www.chinadaily.com.cn}} which won the Mao Dun Literature Prize.{{Cite web|title=Life, by Lu Yao : The Leeds Centre for New Chinese Writing|url=https://writingchinese.leeds.ac.uk/book-reviews/life-by-lu-yao/|access-date=2021-02-09|website=writingchinese.leeds.ac.uk}} His writing was closely related to his own life and experiences, and focused mostly on young people from his native Shaanbei striving to change their lives.
Death
He died on 17 November 1992
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Category:Chinese male short story writers
Category:Writers from Yulin, Shaanxi
Category:Short story writers from Shaanxi
Category:20th-century Chinese novelists
Category:Mao Dun Literature Prize laureates
Category:Chinese male novelists
Category:20th-century Chinese short story writers
Category:20th-century Chinese essayists
Category:20th-century Chinese male writers
Category:People from Qingjian County
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