Xia Yan (playwright)

Xia Yan
Xia Yan
Native name
夏衍
Born
Shen Naixi

(1900-10-30)30 October 1900
Yuhang County, Zhejiang
Died6 February 1995(1995-02-06) (aged 94)
Beijing Hospital, Beijing, China
OccupationPlaywright, screenwriter, translator
LanguageChinese
NationalityChinese
EducationZhejiang Industrial School
Alma materZhejiang University
Period1935-1995
GenreDrama, novel
Notable worksUnder the Eaves of Shanghai
The Fascist Bacillus
SpouseCai Shuxin (m.1930-?)
ChildrenShen Ning (daughter)
Shen Danhua (son)
RelativesShen Xueshi (father)
Xu Xiusheng (mother)
In this Chinese name, the family name is Xia.

Xia Yan (Chinese: 夏衍; pinyin: Xià Yǎn; Wade–Giles: Hsia Yen; 30 October 1900 – 6 February 1995) was a left-lean Chinese playwright and screenwriter, and the People's Republic of China's Deputy Minister of Culture between 1954 and 1965.

Among the dozens of plays and screenplays penned by Xia Yan, the most renowned include Under the Eaves of Shanghai (1937) and The Fascist Bacillus (1944). Today the Xia Yan Film Literature Award is named in his honor.

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