Wang Shuo is a Chinese author, director, actor, and cultural icon.
13 Facts About Wang Shuo
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Wang Shuo has written over 20 novels, television series and movies.
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Wang Shuo's work has been translated into Japanese, Spanish, French, English, Italian, Hindi, and many other languages.
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Wang Shuo has enormous cultural status in China and has become a nationally celebrated author.
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Wang Shuo joined the navy as a medical assistant where he spent four years.
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Recently, Wang turned down an offer from Francis Ford Coppola's production company.
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In 2007, Wang Shuo became active and went on many talk shows.
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Wang Shuo is described by some traditional Chinese critics as a 'spiritual pollutant' for his hooligan style of writing.
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Wang Shuo's work describes the culturally confused generation after the Cultural Revolution, marked by rebellious behavior.
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Wang Shuo is a national bestseller in China and has influenced generations of Chinese readers.
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Wang Shuo's satire is less of a direct confrontation with the Communist autocracy than it is a mockery of their lack of cool and a statement of utter indifference to any political or nationalistic correctness.
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Many of Wang Shuo's works have been officially banned within the People's Republic of China.
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Wang Shuo has used a lot of the Beijing dialect, which makes his works very vivid and attractive.