Personal Info
Known For
Writing
Gender
Male
Birthday
January 4, 1951(59)
Day of Death
December 31, 2010
Place of Birth
Beijing, China
Also Known As
Tiesheng Shi史铁生
Shi Tiesheng
Writing
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.