The author Cao Yu, formerly known as Wan Jiabao, was born in a declining feudal family in Tianjin in 1910. When he was studying at Nankai Middle School in 1922, he read a large number of domestic writers since the May Fourth Movement. When talking about the intention of writing, he said: : "Thunderstorm" is a "product of a sunless day" report

Cao Yu (1910-1996), an outstanding modern Chinese dramatist, is the author of "Thunderstorm", "Sunrise", "The Wilderness" ", "Beijingers" and other famous works. He wrote 8 scripts in total in his life. Cao Yu's ancestral home is Qianjiang, Hubei. He was born in Tianjin on August 21, the second year of Xuantong in the Qing Dynasty (September 24, 1910). His original name was Wan Jiabao and his courtesy name was Xiaoshi. When he was studying at Tsinghua University, he was nicknamed "Little Baby". "Cao Yu" was the pen name he first used when he published his novel in 1926 (the prefix "Cao" of the traditional Chinese character for "Wan" in his surname is homophonic to "Cao"). Cao Yu is "an audience member of civilized drama, an amateur actor who loves American drama, and a playwright influenced by left-wing drama." This sentence roughly summarizes Cao Yu's dramatic life. Cao Yu's wife Li Yuru is a famous Peking Opera actor.

Cao Yu's masterpiece

Cao Yu's debut work "Thunderstorm" was published in 1934. It is of extremely great significance in the history of modern Chinese drama. It is recognized as a symbol of the true maturity of modern Chinese drama. After that, Cao Yu published "Sunrise" in 1936, "Wilderness" in 1937, "Black Letter Twenty-Eight" (also known as "National Mobilization", a collaboration with Song Zhi) in 1938, and in 1939 he published the one-act play "Thinking About It" ", "Transformation" was published in 1940, and "Peking Man" was completed in 1941. In just a few years, Cao Yu's creative level has reached a very mature level, both ideologically and artistically. Especially "Thunderstorm", "Sunrise", "The Wilderness" and "Peking Man", which are known as the "Four Famous Dramas", their artistic skills have reached a level that no one can surpass so far. At that time, he Only 31 years old.

Cao Yu's famous sayings

Strength or weakness for a moment depends on strength, and victory or defeat in the future depends on reason.

Only by knowing each other can we not doubt each other; only by not doubting can we know each other.