On Ideas ..Paper Noise--The Life of Lu Xun

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On Ideas...Paper Noise: The Life of Lu Xun Tonight on Ideas...Paper Noise: The Life of Lu Xun. Only after his death in 1936 was this fiercely independent thinker enshrined by Mao Zedong as a revolutionary hero. Chinese people today experience their greatest modern author through the prism of ideology. But are they actually 'reading' Lu Xun? Is his status as socialist icon true to the values of his art and life? Charles Foran investigates, tonight on Ideas at 9:05 (9:35 NT) on CBC Radio One. MONDAY MARCH 12, 2001 Lu Xun (or Lu Sun, Wade–Giles romanisation: Lu Hsün)   was the pen name of Zhou Shuren  (25 September 1881 – 19 October 1936),   a Chinese writer, essayist, poet, and literary critic.   He was a leading figure of modern Chinese literature. 

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