He Jingzhi
Office 1Standing Committee Member of the 8th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
Term start 1March 1993
Term end 1March 1998
1blankname 1Chairman
1namedata 1Li Ruihuan
Office 2Standing Committee Member of the 7th National People's Congress
Term start 21988
Term end 21993
1blankname 2Chairman
1namedata 2Wan Li
Office 3Member of the 12th and 13th CCP Central Committee
Term start 3September 1982
Term end 31987
1blankname 3General_secretary
1namedata 3Hu Yaobang
Office 4Minister of Culture
Term start 41992
Term end 41992
Predecessor 4Wang Meng
Successor 4Liu Zhongde
Premier 4Li Peng
Office 5Deputy Head of the Propaganda Department of the Chinese Communist Party
Term start 51980
Term end 51987
Office 6Vice Minister of Culture
Term start 61977
Term end 6August 1980
Premier 6Hua Guofeng
1blankname 6Minister
1namedata 6Huang Zhen
Native name贺敬之
Birth date5 November 1924 (age 101)
Birth placeYi County, Shandong, China
PartyChinese Communist Party
OccupationPolitician, poet
SpouseKe Yan (m. 1953; ended 2011)
ProfessionChinese Literature
Alma materDepartment of Literature of Luxun Art Academy of Yan'an
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He Jingzhi (born 5 November 1924), also known by his pen names Aimo (艾漠) and Jingzhi (荆直), is a politician and poet of People's Republic of China. He was a standing committee member of the 8th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, a standing committee member of the 7th National People's Congress, and a member of the 12th and 13th CCP Central Committee. He served as Minister of Culture of the People'e Republic of China and deputy head of the Propaganda Department of the Chinese Communist Party.[1]

Biography

He was born in Yi County, Shandong Province, Republic of China on November 5, 1924. He went to Yan'an in 1940,[2]: 151 he graduated from Department of Literature of Luxun Art Academy of Yan'an in 1942, where he majored in Chinese Literature. He joined the Chinese Communist Party in 1941, at the age of 17.[2]: 151 He continued writing from the 1940s, such as Collection of Fangge (放歌集), Selected of He Jingzhi Poetry (贺敬之诗选), Return to Yan'an (回延安), Song of Leifeng (雷锋之歌) and China's October (中国的十月). Return to Yan'an is often considered his masterpiece and was included in many editions of school text books.[2]: 151 He wrote The White Haired Girl (白毛女) with Ding Yi in 1945.[3]

Personal life

He married Ke Yan (; 1924-2011) in October 1953, who was also a poet.[4][5][6]

Works

  • Collection of Fangge (放歌集)
  • Selected of He Jingzhi Poetry (贺敬之诗选)
  • Return to Yan'an (回延安)
  • Song of Leifeng (雷锋之歌)
  • China's October (中国的十月)
  • The White Haired Girl (白毛女)

References

  1. ^ "zh:贺敬之:与人民同心" (in Chinese). 163.com. 2013. Archived from the original on 2016-11-18. Retrieved 2013-09-13.
  2. ^ Lin, Chunfeng (2023). Red Tourism in China: Commodification of Propaganda. Routledge. ISBN 9781032139609.
  3. ^ "zh:革命理想铸就经典之作——访著名诗人贺敬之" (in Chinese). Xinhuanews. 2015-09-08. Archived from the original on November 18, 2016.
  4. ^ Zhang Qixue (2007-03-19). "zh:走近贺敬之、柯岩夫妇" (in Chinese). Chinawriter.com.cn
  5. ^ Zhou Ming (2009-08-27). "zh:贺敬之 柯岩 阳光伉俪 浪漫诗情" (in Chinese). Chinawriter.com.cn
  6. ^ Tianjin daily (2011-12-30). "zh:柯岩贺敬之伉俪情深 “背对背唱和”成追忆(图)" (in Chinese). Chinanews