Tang Sulan

Tang Sulan (simplified Chinese: 汤素兰; traditional Chinese: 湯素蘭; pinyin: Tāng Sùlán; born 1965) is a female Chinese writer.[1][2] Although a prolific writer of novels, proses, and poems, she is best known as a children's writer, and for her fairy tales.[3][4][5][6] She is also a professor with the Faculty of Arts at Hunan Normal University.[5][6]

Tang Sulan
Native name	汤素兰
Born	1965 (age 55–56) Ningxiang County, Hunan, China
Occupation	Writer, politician
Language	Chinese
Alma mater	Hunan Normal University Zhejiang University
Period	1986 - present
Genre	Novel, prose, poem, fairy tale
Notable works	Duoduo and Enchanter Duoduo and Witch Duoduo and Super Nurse

Biography

Tang was born in Ningxiang County, Hunan in 1965.[4][5][6] She graduated from Hunan Normal University in 1985, where she majored in Chinese Literature.[4][5][6] In 1988, she was accepted into Zhejiang University and graduated in 1991.[4][5][6]

Tang started publish works in 1986.[4][5][6] In 1999, she joined the China Writers Association.[4][5][6] Later, she joined the China Association for Promoting Democracy.[4][5][6] In 2008, she was a member of the 11th National Committee of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.[4][5][6]

Works

Fairy tales

• Duoduo and Enchanter (Chinese: 小朵朵和大魔法师)
• Duoduo and Witch (Chinese: 小朵朵与半个巫婆)
• Seeking the Happy Island (Chinese: 寻找快乐岛)
• Attic Spirit (Chinese: 阁楼精灵)
• Walking Fireflies To Home (Chinese: 送萤火虫回家)
• Kid With Big Mouth (Chinese: 大嘴巴小鬼)
• Duoduo and Super Nurse (Chinese: 小朵朵和超级保姆)
• Stupid Wolf and His Parent (Chinese: 笨狼和他的爸爸妈妈)
• School Life of The Stupid Wolf (Chinese: 笨狼的学校生活)
• Stupid Wolf's Trip (Chinese: 笨狼旅行记)
• Stupid Wolf's Stories (Chinese: 笨狼的故事)
• How Beautiful The Small Witch (Chinese: 小巫婆真美丽)
• Horse Live on The Roof (Chinese: 住在摩天大楼顶层的马)
• Bunny and His Friends (Chinese: 小兔子和他的朋友们)
• Girl and Gardenia (Chinese: 女孩和栀子花)
• Great Garden (Chinese: 奇迹花园)

Novellas

• Zhangyawu's Diary (Chinese: 张牙舞日记)
• The Joy Zhen Shuai (Chinese: 开心果甄帅)
• Super Genius Stupid Bear (Chinese: 超级天才呆头熊)
• Black Love In Mountains (Chinese: 黑色山恋)

Proses and poems

• Rain in The Field (Chinese: 野雨)
• Sounds of Dream (Chinese: 梦之音)
• What Words Could Never Say (Chinese: 难以诉说)

Awards

• Stupid Wolf's Stories (Chinese: 笨狼的故事) - 7th Xin Yixi Literary Prize (1994), 1st Zhang Tianyi Fairy Tale Prize (1999), Bingxin Children's Literary Prize, 5th National Children's Literary Award (1998)[5][6]
• Duoduo and Witch (Chinese: 小朵朵与半个巫婆) - 4th National Children's Literary Award (1995)[5][6]
• Horse Live on The Roof (Chinese: 住在摩天大楼顶层的马) - 7th Chen Bochui Children's Literary Prize (1999)[5][6]
• Bunny and His Friends (Chinese: 小兔子和他的朋友们) - 5th National Book Award[5][6]
• Girl and Gardenia (Chinese: 女孩和栀子花) - 2nd Zhang Tianyi Fairy Tale Prize (2001)[5][6]
• Great Garden (Chinese: 奇迹花园) - 8th National Excellent Children's Literary Award (2010)[5][6]
• One of the top ten people influencing Hunan (Chinese: 影响湖南十大人物)[4]

References

1. "第十一届全国政协委员名单". 新华社北京1月25日电 中国人民政治协商会议第十一届全国委员会委员名单(共2237人，2008年1月25日政协第十届全国委员会常务委员会第二十次会议通过). 2008-01-25. Archived from the original on 2013-09-28. Retrieved 2013-04-09.
2. "全国政协信息-汤素兰". 全国政协委员会. Archived from the original on 2013-12-02. Retrieved 2013-04-09.
3. 汤素兰有魔法吗？ (in Chinese). 网易. Retrieved 2009-11-13.
4. 朱蓉、黄彦郢 (2013). 成为孩子眼中最棒的"故事大王". 三湘都市报 (in Chinese).
5. 汤素兰 (2010-04-01). 《红鞋子》作者简介 (in Chinese). 北京市: 人民文学出版社、天天出版社. ISBN 9787501602551.
6. 汤素兰 (2009-09-01). 《奇迹花园》作者介绍 (in Chinese). 长沙市: 湖南少儿出版社. ISBN 9787535846051.