Li Peifu

Li Peifu (; born October 1953) is a Chinese novelist best known for his novel "The Book of Life", which won him China's top literature prize: Mao Dun Literature Prize, in 2015. Li is a member of the Communist Party of China and the China Writers Association. He was selected as a National First-class Writer by the Chinese government, and enjoys the special subsidy of the State Council.
Biography.
Li was born into a worker's family, in Xuchang, Henan, in October 1953. He started to publish works in 1978, after the Cultural Revolution. He graduated from Henan Radio and Television University in 1984, where he majored in Chinese language and literature. After graduation, he worked at Xuchang Municipal Bureau of Culture and later became president of the Henan Writers Association and Henan Literature and Art Association. On August 16, 2015, he was awarded the Mao Dun Literature Prize for his novel "The Book of Life". His most influential work is "The Book of Life", which he finished in 2011, and which won him the prestigious Mao Dun Literature Prize in 2015. "The Book of Life" is also the finale of his "Plains Trilogy", after the 1999 "Door of the Sheepfold" and the 2003 "The Light of the Cities".
Awards.
1994 Zhaung Zhongwen Literature Prize
2012 "The Book of Life" – People's Literature Award
2015 "The Book of Life" – Mao Dun Literature Prize