{{short description|Chinese non-fiction writer (born 1947)}} {{redirect|Bo Ma|the Burmese film|Bo Ma (2015 film)}} {{Infobox writer <!-- for more information see :Template:Infobox writer/doc --> | name = Ma Bo (马波） | pseudonym = Old Ghost (老鬼) | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1947|8|22}} |birth_place=Hebei, China | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Non-fiction writer | nationality = Chinese |alma_mater=Peking University<br>Brown University | period = 1988–present |genre=Cultural Revolution, Nonfiction | subject = | movement = | signature = | website = }} '''Ma Bo''' (born August 22, 1947) is a Chinese non-fiction writer who currently resides in Beijing, China. After graduating from Beijing University with a degree in journalism, he wrote and published the book ''Blood Red Sunset'' in 1988 which sold over 400,000 copies in China.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/11/06/books/stark-truth-vs-false-realism-the-book-that-stunned-beijing.html|title=STARK TRUTH VS. 'FALSE REALISM': THE BOOK THAT STUNNED BEIJING (Published 1988)|first=Liu|last=Binyan|date=November 6, 1988|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref>
Subsequently, as a result of his participation in Tiananmen Square, he fled the country, first to France, and then ultimately to the US, where he settled as a resident scholar in Brown University's Literary Arts program.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.brown.edu/Administration/News_Bureau/1987-95/89-107.html|title=89-107 (Dissident Chinese Writers)|website=www.brown.edu}}</ref>
In 1995, the English translation of ''Blood Red Sunset'' (Penguin, 1995) was published with Howard Goldblatt as translator. Also in 1995, Ma Bo's mother, Yang Mo, a prominent writer herself, was diagnosed with terminal cancer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nybooks.com/articles/1995/08/10/in-chinas-gulag/|title=In China’s Gulag|first=Jonathan D.|last=Spence|via=www.nybooks.com}}</ref> Consequently, upon special permission from the Chinese government, Ma Bo returned to China to visit his mother in the hospital. He has remained in China since then.
==Bibliography== * ''Blood Red Sunset'' (血色黄昏) (1988, 1995) * ''Blood and Iron'' (血与铁) (1998) * ''My Mother, Yang Mo'' (我的母亲杨沫) (2005)
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