Wu Cheng'en

Personal Info

Known For Writer

Gender Male

Birthday 1505-12-30

Deathday 1581-12-30 (76 years old)

Place of Birth Huai'an, Ming Dynasty

Also Known As Ch'eng-En Wu, 吴承恩, Cheng'en Wu, Wu Ch'Eng-En, وو تشنغن, У Чэнъэнь, Ngô Thừa Ân, Ու Չենեն

Wu Cheng'en

Biography

Wu Cheng'en (traditional Chinese: 吳承恩; simplified Chinese: 吴承恩; pinyin: Wú Chéng'ēn, c. 1500–1582 or 1505–1580), was a Chinese novelist and poet of the Ming Dynasty, and is considered by many to be the author of Journey to the West, one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature.

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