Background
Cao was born in 1954 in Yancheng, Jiangsu.
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Cao Wenxuan
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Career
Cao is the vice president of Beijing Writers Association. He also a professor and doctoral tutor in Peking University. His novels have been translated into English, French, Japanese, and Korean.
He entered into the Department of Chinese Language and Literature of Peking University in 1974 and started to publish novels in 1983.
The Grass House (草房子) (directed by Xu Geng).
Achievements
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Cao Wenxuan was shortlisted for the Hans Christian Andersen Award 2016. Goats Do Not Eat Heaven Grass (山羊不吃天堂草) - 3rd Song Qingling Literature Prize, National Five Top Project Award The Grass House (草房子) - Bingxin Literature Prize, 4th National Book Award, National Five Top Project Award, 5th Song Qingling Literature Prize, 19th Golden Rooster Award for Best Writing (1999), Huabiao Award (1998), 14th Tehran International Film Festival - the Golden Butterfly Prize Bronze and Sunflower (青铜葵花) - Bingxin Literature Prize, National Book Award, National Five Top Project Award Dingding and Dangdang (丁丁当当) - selected as one of the 2015 IBBY Outstanding Books for Young People with Disabilities.
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Born
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Nationality
People's Republic of China
Awards
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National Book Award; Hans Christian Andersen Award
s The Hans Christian Andersen Awards are a pair of biennial literary awards by the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY), recognising one living author and one living illustrator for their 'lasting contribution to children's literature'.s The Hans Christian Andersen Awards are a pair of biennial literary awards by the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY), recognising one living author and one living illustrator for their 'lasting contribution to children's literature'.