Shi Tiesheng
Birth date
January 4, 1951
Death date
December 31, 2010
Place of birth
Beijing, China
Profession
Writing
Age
59 years
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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.
Also known as
Tiesheng Shi史铁生
