Director

Shi Tiesheng

Writing

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Directed movies: 0Directed series: 0All crew credits: 4

TMDB ID: 3121262

IMDb ID: nm0793023

Known for: Writing

Born: January 4, 1951

Died: December 31, 2010

Age: 59

Place of birth: Beijing, China

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1980 - 1993

Years active: 14

Wikidata: Q848716

Also known as

Tiesheng Shi • 史铁生

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Writer (2)Novel (1)Story (1)

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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.

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