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Cao Yu

1910 - 1996

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Cao Yu (Chinese: 曹禺; Wade–Giles: Tsʻao Yü, September 24, 1910 – December 13, 1996) was a Chinese playwright, often regarded as one of China's most important playwrights of the 20th century. His best-known works are Thunderstorm (1933), Sunrise (1936) and Peking Man (1940). It is largely through the efforts of Cao Yu that the modern Chinese "spoken theatre" took root in 20th century Chinese literature. Cao Yu was the president of China's Premier Modern Drama Theatre, the chairman of the China Theatre Association (1968–1998) and established the Beijing People's Art Theatre in 1952. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Cao Yu is the 3,788th most popular writer (down from 2,284th in 2019), the 793rd most popular biography from China (down from 613th in 2019) and the 88th most popular Chinese Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Cao Yu ranks 3,788 out of 7,302. Before him are César Aira, Georg Sauerwein, Kim Sowol, Jiří Dienstbier, Mikhail Isakovsky, and Jules Janin. After him are Gunter d'Alquen, Patrick Leigh Fermor, Ranieri de' Calzabigi, Auguste Barbier, Merab Kostava, and Donald Barthelme.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, Cao Yu ranks 195. Before him are Else Alfelt, Francisco Coloane, Elmar Klos, Maxim Munzuk, Edwin O. Reischauer, and László Lékai. After him are Gunter d'Alquen, Ram Manohar Lohia, Robert Cummings, Adoniran Barbosa, Tomoyuki Tanaka, and Karl Hugo Strunz. Among people deceased in 1996, Cao Yu ranks 162. Before him are Teodoro Fernández, Endel Puusepp, Michel Pablo, Joseph Mermans, Charles Jewtraw, and Ryōtarō Shiba. After him are Reinhard Libuda, Yaki Kadafi, Laurens van der Post, Heriberto Herrera, Duke Christian Louis of Mecklenburg, and Dorothy Lamour.

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In China

Among people born in China, Cao Yu ranks 793 out of 1,610. Before him are Zhou Fohai (1897), Chen Hongshou (1598), Xu Caihou (1943), Liu Zhiyuan (895), Chen Jiongming (1878), and Zhang Binglin (1868). After him are Qian Qichen (1928), Gordon Liu (1951), Wang Bo (650), Wang Xianzhi (344), Zhang Tingyu (1672), and Katherine Paterson (1932).

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Among WRITERS In China

Among writers born in China, Cao Yu ranks 88. Before him are Xiao Hong (1911), Song Yu (-298), Chögyam Trungpa (1939), Hwang Sok-yong (1943), Yan Lianke (1958), and Yu Hua (1960). After him are Wang Bo (650), Katherine Paterson (1932), Wang Changling (698), Zhou Zuoren (1885), Ma Duanlin (1245), and Yu Dafu (1896).

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