Guo Moruo
Guo Moruo | |||||||||||||||||
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| 郭沫若 | |||||||||||||||||
| President of the University of Science and Technology of China | |||||||||||||||||
| In office 1958–1978 | |||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Yan Jici (1980) | ||||||||||||||||
| Chairman of the Chinese Academy of Sciences | |||||||||||||||||
| In office 1949–1978 | |||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Fang Yi | ||||||||||||||||
| Chairman of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles | |||||||||||||||||
| In office 1949–1978 | |||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Zhou Yang | ||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 16 November 1892 Leshan, Sichuan, Qing dynasty | ||||||||||||||||
| Died | 12 June 1978 (aged 85) Beijing, China | ||||||||||||||||
| Spouses | Zhang Jinghua (1890–1980)
(m. 1912)Yu Liqun (1916–1979)
(m. 1939) | ||||||||||||||||
| Domestic partner(s) | Yu Lizhen (1912–1937) Huang Dinghui (1907–2017) | ||||||||||||||||
| Children | 8 sons and 3 daughters | ||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Kyushu University | ||||||||||||||||
| Awards | 1948 Research Fellow of the Academia Sinica | ||||||||||||||||
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| Pen name | Dingtang (鼎堂) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Period | Modern (20th century) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Years active | from 1916 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Chinese | 郭沫若 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Chinese | 鼎堂 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 郭開貞 | ||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 郭开贞 | ||||||||||||||||
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Guo Moruo (November 16, 1892 – June 12, 1978), courtesy name Dingtang, was a Chinese author, poet, historian, archaeologist, and government official. A prominent Chinese writer in the May Fourth Movement and later in the Mao era, he was persecuted during the Cultural Revolution. The persecution led him to denounce his colleagues and his past work and demand that all of it be burned, an act for which he was labeled "shameless". He regained prominence in the 1970s and is generally well-regarded in modern China.