Mu Shiying

Mu Shiying was born on 14 March 1912, in Shanghai according to Li Jin cited by Aisixiang, into a family originating from Cixi, in Zhejiang. His father, a banker, was ruined in the gold trade. A student at Guanghua University, he gave his first stories to Shi Zhecun's review and became the major figure of Neo-Sensationism. He married a dancer, Qiu Peipei, left in 1936 for Hong Kong, then returned in 1939 to Shanghai to direct a newspaper of Wang Jingwei's collaborationist government. He was shot there on 28 June 1940.

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• Short storiesFive in a Nightclub夜總會裏的五個人Mu Shiying · 1933Literature