{{Short description|Chinese writer, critic and translator}} {{Family name hatnote|Wang|lang=Chinese}} {{use dmy dates|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = | caption = | office1 = Chinese Ambassador to Indonesia | term_start1 = August 1950 | term_end1 = November 1951 | predecessor1 = New title | successor1 = Zhong Qingfa (Chargé d'affaires) | name = Wang Renshu | native_name = 王任叔 | native_name_lang = zh | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date|1901|10|19|df=y}} | birth_place = Fenghua, Zhejiang, Qing Empire | death_date = {{death date and age|1972|07|25|1901|10|19|df=y}} | death_place = Beijing, China | party = Chinese Communist Party | spouse = <!-- {{marriage||}} --> | children = | parents = | relations = | alma_mater = Zhejiang Provincial 4th Normal School | website = | module = {{Infobox Chinese|child=yes|order=st | c = {{linktext|王|任|叔}} | p = Wáng Rènshū | altname = Baren | c2 = {{linktext|巴|人}} | p2 = Bārén }} }} '''Baren''' ({{lang-zh|c=巴人|p=Bārén}}; 1901–1972) was a modern Chinese writer, critic and translator.

==Biography== Baren was born '''Wang Renshu''' ({{lang-zh|s=王任叔|p=Wáng Rènshū|links=no}}) in Fenghua, Zhejiang. He went to elementary school when he was 8, and entered the Fourth Normal School of Zhejiang in 1915. After graduating in 1920, he became a grade school teacher. In 1923 he started to write short stories and poems, and joined the Literature Research Society. One year later, Baren became a member of the Chinese Communist Party. In 1930, he joined the League of the Left-Wing Writers. When the Second Sino-Japanese War broke out, Baren stayed in Shanghai to publicize anti-war culture. In 1942, he went to Indonesia, pursuing the anti-war movement. He returned to China in 1948.{{citation needed|date=August 2025}}

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he served as Chinese ambassador to Indonesia and the director of the People's Literature Publishing House. Baren was persecuted and put to death during the Cultural Revolution.{{citation needed|date=August 2025}}

Baren preferred fiction writing. He created collections of short stories including ''Jail'', ''Shack'', ''In the Decline'' and ''Martyrdom'', novellas such as ''Vagrant Life of Ah Quei'' and ''Badge'', and the novel ''Rebellion of Mang Xiucai''. His work on literary theory, ''On Literature'', was heavily influenced by the ideals of anti-Soviet critics.{{citation needed|date=August 2025}}

==References== *{{lang|zh-Hans-CN|《巴人自传》}} *{{lang|zh-Hans-CN|《巴人研究》 全国巴人学术讨论会编 上海书店}} 1992 {{ISBN|7-80569-635-7}}/1

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