Xiao San
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Xiao San (simplified Chinese: 萧三; traditional Chinese: 蕭三; pinyin: Xiāo Sān; 10 October 1896 – 4 February 1983) was a Chinese poet and translator. He was fluent in Russian, French, German, and English.
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Native name | 萧三 |
Born | Xiao Kesen (萧克森) (1896-10-10)10 October 1896 Xiangxiang, Hunan, Qing China |
Died | 4 February 1983(1983-02-04) (aged 86) Beijing, China |
Pen name | Emi Siao Ai Mei |
Occupation | Poet |
Language | Chinese, Russian, French, German, English |
Alma mater | Hunan First Normal University Communist University of the Toilers of the East Moscow Sun Yat-sen University |
Period | 1939–1983 |
Genre | Poem |
Notable works | Selected Poems of Xiao San |
Spouse | Tan Xuejun Vassar Eva Sandberg Gan Lu |
Children | 6 |
Relatives | Xiao Zisheng (brother) Xiao Yueying (father) |
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Xiao San was the first writer to write a biography of Mao Zedong.[1]