Sunday, September 21, 2008

Wang Xufeng

Wang Xufeng , is an influential and tea expert. She is a recipient of the most prestigious Mao Dun Literature Prize in China.

Career



Wang's ancestral hometown was in Tongshan, Jiangsu Province. February 1955, Wang was born in Pinghu, Jiaxing, Zhejiang Province. 1978~1982, Wang studied history at the Department of History, Hangzhou University . After graduation, Wang taught at Hangzhou 14th Middle School as a teacher. She aslo worked in a Hangzhou local factory of radio technology. Wang then joined Zhejiang Labours Association, Zhejiang Tea Museum, and Zhejiang Writers Association.

Wang currently is a researcher at Zhejiang Tea Museum. She also teaches at Zhejiang Forestry University. She is the Vice-president of Zhejiang Writers Association.

Works


Wang's most famous work is ''Three Trilogies of Teamen'', by which she won the 5th Mao Dun Literature Prize. On November 11th 2000 in Tongxiang Zhejiang Province where Mao Dun was born, she received the prize.

*《茶人三部曲》
** 《南方有嘉木》
** 《不夜之候》
** 《筑草为城》

Wang also did many studies on tea and tea culture, such as:
* 《茶文化通论》

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