Guo Moruo

Chinese writer and politician, 1892-1978

"Guo Moruo, courtesy name Dingtang, was a Chinese archaeologist, historian, poet, politician, and writer. Guo Moruo was a prolific and talented writer from his earliest publishings. Following the full scale Japanese invasion of China, he fully developed his literary achievements with his Chinese opera in historical settings. The operas were set in the early Qing back through the Han dynasty, his most famous opera being ""Qu Yuan"" (1942). In 1937 he organized a propaganda troop for the Frontline. Along with his career as a writer he held important government offices in the People's Republic of China and was the first President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences."

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Guo Moruo

Chinese poet (1892-1978). Autograph quotation. No place or date. 4to. 1 page.
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A fine quotation from the highly regarded Chinese intellectual, who "once called himself the Chinese answer to German Goethe and this appraisal was widely accepted. Zhou Yang said: 'You are Goethe, the Socialism New Era Goethe'" (Wikipedia). - In this particular quotation Moruo regards the young generation as the foundation for world peace and calls upon the Chinese youth to organise themselves as well as the young Chinese scientists to work for their country. - On headed paper ("Comite du peuple Chinoise da la paix mondiale"); from the collection of the Hungarian writer Simon Gy Ferenc and mounted in his original collectors map with collector's stamp.

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