Shi Tiesheng

Shi Tiesheng was a prolific and celebrated Chinese author, best known for his story Life of a String which was the basis of the Chen Kaige film of the same name. He was paralyzed in an accident at the age of 21, during his work as a sent-down youth. He developed uremia in 1998 and required dialysis until he died in 2010 of cerebral hemorrhage.

Other names:

Tiesheng Shi,

史铁生

Gender:

Nam

Birthday:

4 thg 1, 1951

Death:

31 thg 12, 2010

Place of birth:

Beijing, China