Zhang Wei (author)

{{short description|Chinese author (born 1956)}}

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| name = Zhang Wei

| native_name = 张炜

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|11|7}}

| birth_place = Longkou, Shandong, China

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| occupation = Novelist

| language = Chinese

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| alma_mater = Shandong Normal University

| period = 1982 - present

| genre = Novel

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| notableworks = The Ancient Ship

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| awards = {{Awards|award=8th Mao Dun Literary Prize |year=2011 |title=The Ancient Ship }}

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Zhang Wei ({{lang-zh|t=張煒|s=张炜|p=Zhāng Wěi}}; born 7 November 1956) is a Chinese author. He was born in Longkou, Yantai, which is located in the north of the Shandong Peninsula. He graduated from the Chinese Department at Yantai Normal College in 1980. Three years later, he became a member of China Writers Association, an organization for which he has served as chairman and deputy chairman of the Shandong branch. He is best known for his novels The Ancient Ship and September's Fable. In 2011 Zhang won the Mao Dun Literature Prize, the highest national literary award, for On the Plateau, a 10-volume work that took a decade to write.2011 Mao Dun Literature Prize: Recognizing Fine Literature or Rewarding Writer-Officials?, Paper Republic [http://paper-republic.org/news/newsitems/107/]{{cite web |url=http://3g.163.com/news/article/624Q4R04000146BB.html?clickfrom=baidu_adapt |title=张炜写就史上最长纯文学小说_手机网易网 |website=3g.163.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180303225202/http://3g.163.com/news/article/624Q4R04000146BB.html?clickfrom=baidu_adapt |archive-date=2018-03-03}}