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Which contemporary Chinese writer, known for 'To Live' and 'Chronicle of a Blood Merchant', is famous for his spare, bleak prose style and was once a dentist before becoming a full-time author?
Answer: Yu Hua — Yu Hua's 'To Live' (Huozhe), about a rich man's son who loses everything through gambling and later survives decades of political turmoil, was adapted into Zhang Yimou's banned film of the same name.
- A Su Tong
- B Yan Lianke
- C Yu Hua ✓
- D Wang Shuo
Yu Hua's 'To Live' (Huozhe), about a rich man's son who loses everything through gambling and later survives decades of political turmoil, was adapted into Zhang Yimou's banned film of the same name.