Tian Han

Tian Han (Chinese田汉/田汉, Pinyin Tian Hàn ) (* March 12, 1898 under the name Tian Shouchang in Changsha, Hunan province, China, † December 10, 1968 in the prison ) was a Chinese writer, known for his plays, operas and film manuscripts. His poem March of the Volunteers was used as the text for the national anthem of the People's Republic of China.

Biography

Even while he attended the University of Education, Changsha, Tian Han dealt with the literary form of drama and its classical expression of the Opera. In this context, the publication of several articles falling in the local newspaper that revolve around this theme.

From 1918 he continued his studies at the Higher Teachers' Training College of Tokyo and joined the Literary Society of creation. According to China back in 1921, he first took a job in publishing Zhonghua in Shanghai and is active in the literary field - contributing to magazines, establishing other companies and theater groups. The commitment Tian Hans in literary circles is marked by a distancing from the traditional values ​​and modernization.

1927 created under his aegis three films, but were surpassed in their success of his dramas. As a result of his membership of the Communist Party and the league left-wing writer since 1932, he received in 1934 a one-year prison sentence. Nevertheless, he was in 1938 head of the propaganda department of the Military Commission, which is a anti-Japanese alignment of his artistic career had resulted.

As 1949, the founding of the People 's Republic of China was proclaimed, was entrusted Tian Han obtained a post at the Culture and Education Council of the Government and the leadership of the art offices in the Ministry of Culture. He was inducted into the Committee for the reform of the written language, a short time later also. 's Office for the improvement of drama and opera Ministry of Culture He was chairman in 1953, the playwright society and council member of the Writers' Union, 1960, inter alia, Deputy Chairman of the Federation of Literary and Art Circles and members of parliament through elections.

Because of the criticism contained in his works, encrypted Tian Han was arrested at the beginning of the Cultural Revolution in 1966. He died in 1968 70 - year in prison. In 1979 he was rehabilitated posthumously.

Bibliography

Dramas

  • A night in the cafe, 1920
  • The Night of the Tiger Fangs, 1921
  • Nocturnal conversation in Suzhou, 1927
  • Tragedy on the lakeshore, 1929
  • Return to the South, 1929
  • Carmen, 1930
  • Moonlight Sonata, 1932
  • The Flood, 1932
  • Alarm bell, 1932
  • Marco Polo Bridge, 1937
  • The True Story of AQ, 1937 - dramatization of the story Lu Xun
  • The White Snake, 1953 - musical theater
  • The West Room, 1959 - musical theater
  • Princess Wencheng, 1961
  • Xie Yaohuan, 1963
  • Tian Hans music plays, 1981 - (two volumes)

Screenplays

  • Go to the people, 1927
  • The sound of a broken flute, 1927
  • Three modern women, 1932
  • Golden Age, 1932
  • Children troublesome times in 1935
  • Triumphal March, 1940

Translations

  • Wilde: Salome, 1921
  • Shakespeare: Hamlet, 1922
  • Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet, 1924
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