Qiu Dongping

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Qiu Dongping (May 16, 1910 – July 24, 1941), originally named Qiu Tanyue, also used the name Qiu Tanye, with courtesy names Xizhen and Shuozhen. His pen name Dongping became so widely used that he was generally known as Qiu Dongping. He was a modern Chinese writer from Haifeng, Guangdong. Qiu Dongping joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in 1926 and participated in the Hailufeng Uprising the following year. After the uprising failed, he fled to Hong Kong and began his literary career. Following the Mukden Incident in 1931, Qiu returned to China to devote himself to the anti‑Japanese national salvation movement. He took part in the Battle of Shanghai (1932), the Fujian Incident, and the Liangguang Incident, and was active in organizations such as the League of Left-Wing Writers and the Chinese National Revolutionary Alliance. After the Marco Polo Bridge Incident in 1937, Qiu went to the front lines of the War of Resistance against Japan. In 1938 he joined the New Fourth Army and accompanied the troops as they advanced into enemy‑occupied areas in southern and northern Jiangsu. On 24 July 1941, Qiu Dongping was killed in action during an anti‑mop‑up operation in northern Jiangsu. Qiu Dongping was closely associated with Hu Feng, and many of his works were published in Hu Feng's magazine July. Thus, Qiu is regarded as an important representative of the July faction. His literary output consisted mainly of fiction and documentary literature, and his extensive writings on the war against Japan have earned him recognition as a pioneer of modern Chinese war literature. His style tends to explore the psychological and personal character of his subjects against a somber, oppressive atmosphere. His major works include the short‑story collection The Melancholy City of Meileng, the documentary narrative The Seventh Company, and the unfinished novel...