Posted on 08/18/2010 2:51:55 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Kuang Jinbi, the author of the famous Chinese fable The Magic Ox and Other Tales of the Effendi died from cancer in Zhuhai City at 2:30 a.m. on August 15.
Kuang was born in Doumen County, Zhuhai City in 1939. Since his first published work in 1958, he had engaged in writing for several years and created a large quantity of praised literary works for young readers, among them, the fable The Magic Ox and other tales of the Effendi, enjoyed great popularity with children.
Kuang combined the aesthetics of Chinese traditional stories with the rationality of Western allegory and created a world full of unique characteristics.
He was formerly the vice president of literary federation of Doumen County, and deputy to the Fourth People's Congress of Zhuhai City.
RIP.
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