Mao Zedong

Mao Zedong was a Chinese revolutionary, poet and playwright. Called 'the poet laureate of the Revolution' by Chinese and International scholars, Mao was a major literary force in the Socialist Republic of China following the conclusion of the Second World War.

Mao was active in the foundation and early years of the Communist Party of China, having set up a Party branch in Changsha, as well as establishing a a branch of the Socialist Youth Corps. However, he was expelled from the Party in 19XX due to what were considered 'nationalist' and 'chauvinist' tendencies in his writings and speeches.

However, his devotion to the cause did not wain, and he would continue to agitate well into the Second World War. It was during this time that he took up his pen, and began publishing poetry and fables for various revolutionary publications. After the conclusion of the war and the foundation of the Socialist Republic in 1947, his work began to be widely published both within both the TCI and the AFS. At the time of his death in 1976, Mao had published over thirty books including poetry, plays, essays on socialism and politics, and his autobiography which numbered four volumes.