Personal Info
Known For
Writing
Known Credits
35
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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