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Known For
Writing
Gender
Male
Birthday
January 4, 1951
Died
December 31, 2010 (59 years old)
Place of Birth
Beijing, China
Also Known As
- Tiesheng Shi
- 史铁生
Shi Tiesheng
Biography
Shi Tiesheng was a prolific and celebrated Chinese author, best known for his story Life of a String which was the basis of the Chen Kaige film of the same name. He was paralyzed in an accident at the age of 21, during his work as a sent-down youth. He developed uremia in 1998 and required dialysis until he died in 2010 of cerebral hemorrhage.
