Xu Guangyao, born in August 1925, is a famous contemporary writer and screenwriter in China. 1983 to 1996 served as chairman and party secretary of Hebei Federation of Literary and Art Circles. He is now honorary chairman of Hebei Writers Association. 65438-0945, reporter and editor of Junbao. 1947 published the short story Zhou in Jizhong Herald in the liberated area. 1950, the novel Fire in the Plain was published. From 65438 to 0958, he wrote a novella and a screenplay called Private Zhang Ga. In the new period, a collection of short stories, Counting Bright Flowers and Greeting Flowers, Lotus Looking at the Sun and a novella, Disasters in Cold and Warm Conditions, were published. Three other scripts have been made into movies: Ma Qiang, Recruits, Wang Lian and Villagers. In 2000, his personal memoir "The West Wind Withered Green Trees Last Night" won the second "Lu Xun Literature Award".