Feng Xuefeng
Feng Xuefeng | |||||||||||
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冯雪峰 | |||||||||||
| Born | 2 June 1903 | ||||||||||
| Died | 31 January 1976 (aged 72) China | ||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Writer and activist | ||||||||||
| Political party | Chinese Communist Party | ||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 馮雪峰 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 冯雪峰 | ||||||||||
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Feng Xuefeng (English: /ˈfʌŋ ʃwɛˈfʌŋ/ FUNG shweh-FUNG; Chinese: 冯雪峰; 2 June 1903 – 31 January 1976) was a Chinese writer and activist known for his contributions to socialist literary criticism, particularly as an authority on Lu Xun. Initially a prominent member of the Chinese Communist Party, he was accused of being a counter-revolutionary and he spent the last few decades of his life living under persecution. Feng died of lung cancer during the final year of the Cultural Revolution.