Awards & Winners

Cao Yu

Date of Birth 24-September-1910
Place of Birth Qianjiang
(China, Hubei)
Nationality China
Also know as Yu Cao
Profession Playwright
Cao Yu, born as Wan Jiabao, was a renowned Chinese playwright, often regarded as China's most important of the 20th century. His most well-known works are Thunderstorm, Sunrise and Peking Man. It is largely through the efforts of Cao Yu that the modern Chinese "spoken theater" took root in 20th-century Chinese literature. Xiaomei Chen, author of The Columbia Anthology of Modern Chinese Drama, said that Cao was "[e]nthroned as China's Ibsen,[...]"

Awards by Cao Yu

Check all the awards nominated and won by Cao Yu.

1986


Golden Rooster Award for Best Writing
Honored for : Ri Chu

Nominations 1986 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Golden Rooster Award for Best Writing Ri Chu