Huang Yazhou

Huang was born in 1949 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, with his ancestral hometown in Xiaoshan District, where was He Zhizhang's hometown.[1][2][3]

Huang primarily studied at Yinmajingxiang School (Chinese: 饮马井巷小学).[1][2] When he was a senior high school student, he wrote a play Wang Banxian (Chinese: 王半仙) and acted it out by himself.[1]

When the Down to the Countryside Movement was launched by Mao Zedong, Huang became a soldier in Zhejiang Production and Construction Corps, and he published his Novella Intersection (Chinese: 交叉口) and a collection of poems, The Thick Grove (Chinese: 密密的小树林).[1]

In 1975, Huang was assigned to a factory in Tongxiang County as an official, his short story The Story of River Water and Well Water (Chinese: 河水和井水的故事) won 1st Zhejiang Excellent Children's Literature Award.[1] In 1979, his drama The Investigator's Love (Chinese: 侦查员的爱) was edited and filmed by Xi'an Film Studio.[1]

In November 1979, Huang was transferred to Jiaxing as an editor in Southern Lake (南湖) periodical office, his drama The Shipper (Chinese: 女船王) was made into TV series, and won the 1st National Excellent TV Series Award.[1]

In 1989, Huang's drama Chinese Creation Myth (Chinese: 开天辟地) was edited and filmed by Shanghai Film Studio, and won the National Excellent TV Series Award, National Five Top Project Award, and 12thGolden Rooster Award for Best Writing.[1]

In the end of the 1989, Huang was transferred to Zhejiang Writers Association as an official, he published his collection of poems Four Questions of The West Lake (Chinese: 西湖四问).[1] When he returned to Hangzhou, he wrote the dramas The Old House and The New House (Chinese: 老房子新房子) and The Wild Girl Molihua(Chinese: 野姑娘茉莉花). The Wild Girl Molihua won the 11th China Golden Eagle TV Art Awards.[1]

From 1991 to 1993, Huang published the dramas The Sun's Cradle (Chinese: 太阳的摇篮), The Bodyguard Hauser (Chinese: 保镖哈斯尔) and The Luohe Town's brother (Chinese: 落河镇的兄弟).[1] The Luohe Town's brother won the 12th Frankfurt International Film Festival for Children Award and 12th Chicago International Film Festival for Children Award.[1]

In 1990, Huang served as the president of Zhejiang Writers Association, he published the dramas Deng Xiaopong: 1928(Chinese: 邓小平：1928), Zhang Zhizhong (Chinese: 张治中) and The Story of Shanghai (Chinese: 上海沧桑).[1] The Story of Shanghai won the Flying Apsaras Award.[1]

In 2001, Huang published his novel The Sun Comes Up in The East (Chinese: 日出东方) and won the National Five Top Project Award and National Book Award.[1]

In 2005, Huang published his collection of poems Singing on The Long March Trail (Chinese: 行吟长征路) and won the 4th Lu Xun Literary Prize and National Excellent Poem Award.[1]

In June 2008, Huang published his collection of poems How Great The People's Republic of China (Chinese: 中国如此震动) and the novel, Lei Feng (Chinese: 雷锋).[1][2][3]

In 2011, Huang wrote the novel, Beginning of The Great Revival (Chinese: 建党大业), which was edited and filmed by director Han Sanping.[1]

In 2013, Huang's novel Lei Feng won the National Five Top Project Award, his dramas Give You A Bear Heart (Chinese: 给你一颗豹子胆) won 2012 Xia Yan Film Prize, and his poems I Singing in Beijing (Chinese: 我弹拨着北京中轴线歌唱) won the Zhouzhou Shihui Award.[1]