Sha Yexin

Sha Yexin
Native name 沙叶新
Born 1939
Nanjing, China
Died July 26, 2018(2018-07-26) (aged 78–79)
Occupation Playwright, Head of the Shanghai People's Art Theatre (1985)

Sha Yexin (Chinese: 沙叶新; 1939 in Nanjing – 26 July 2018) was a Chinese playwright.

Sha finished his first one-act play, Yi fen qian (One cent), in 1965. Later plays include Haohao xuexi (Diligent study), Yesu, Kongzi, Pitoushi Lienong (Jesus, Confucius and Beatles Lennon) and Makesi mishi (Secret history of Marx). His play The Impostor (If I Were Real) was written collectively with fellow playwrights Li Shoucheng and Yao Mingde.

Sha became head of the Shanghai People's Art Theatre in 1985.

Sha met with German chancellor Angela Merkel in 2007, regarding freedom of the press issues in China.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Beijing pledges crackdown on international hackers", Financial Times, 28 August 2007
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