| Date of Birth | 24-September-1910 | |
| Place of Birth |
Qianjiang (China, Hubei) |
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| 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 |
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