Story about Zhang Haidi

Dreams in Wheelchairs:

In 1985, Zhang Haidi picked up the pen and devoted himself to the creation of the novel "Dreams in Wheelchairs" without hesitation, which took five years to write. Sitting in a wheelchair for a long time caused bedsores on many parts of her body. She used her arms to support her body for a long time. Her sleeves were frayed one after another, and the calluses on her elbow joints fell off layer after layer. The arms are also disabled due to the thickening of blood vessels caused by supporting the body for a long time.

Jinan in summer is known as the "stove". It is difficult to perspire from the unconscious lower body, and the small electric fan blows out hot air. In order to cool down, she would soak her hair in tap water every once in a while, and then sit in front of the fan and blow it hard; in winter, the room was as cold as an ice cellar.

Normally, even if she wears thick cotton clothes, she will catch colds several times a year. But when she catches a cold, she will have a fever for several days, which may even be life-threatening. Zhang Haidi never regrets this, but believes that the cold can make people clearer and gain more insights into life. In 1990, "Dreams in a Wheelchair" was published and distributed nationwide.

Immediately afterwards, Zhang Haidi started the literary creation of his second book "Questioning of Life". In order to satisfy readers' desire to buy books, this book was printed ten times in a row.

Zhang Haidi sighed, "As a writer, what can make you happier than readers loving your works?" So she kept writing and created the novel "Jue Ding" ", prose collections "Swan Geese Flying Fast", "Window Open to the Sky", etc., and has also translated many excellent foreign literary works.

Extended information

Zhang Haidi was born on September 16, 1955 in Jinan. He suffered from a hemangioma when he was a child, resulting in high paraplegia. From then on, Zhang Haidi began her unique life. At the age of 15, Zhang Haidi followed her parents and was sent to Shen County (Shandong) to become a teacher for their children. She also taught herself acupuncture and provided free treatment to the villagers.

Later, Zhang Haidi also worked as a radio repairman. Although she did not have the opportunity to enter campus, she studied hard and completed all the courses in elementary and middle schools. She taught herself college English, Japanese, German and Esperanto, and studied university and master's courses.

In 1983, Zhang Haidi began to engage in literary creation. He has translated hundreds of thousands of English novels and compiled books such as "Questioning Life" and "Dreams in Wheelchairs". In 2002, a 300,000-word novel "Jue Ding" came out.

"Jue Ding" was listed as a key book gift to the "16th National Congress" by the Propaganda Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Press and Publication Administration, and won the "Third National Book Award for Enhancing Civilization and Progress" and the "First China Publishing Group" Book Award", "The Eighth China Youth Outstanding Reading Award", "The Second China Women's Literature Award" and the "Five One Project" Book Award. Since 1983, Zhang Haidi has written and translated more than 1 million words. p>

In 1983, "China Youth Daily" published "If I am a shooting star, I must leave my light to the world". Zhang Haidi became famous in China and won two reputations. One was the "New Lei Feng of the 1980s", and the other The second is "Contemporary Paul".

Deng Xiaoping wrote an inscription in his own hand: "Learn from Zhang Haidi and be a new communist with ideals, morality, culture and discipline!" Subsequently, Zhang Haidi became a moral force. Zhang Haidi is currently a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and works for the Shandong Writers Association, engaged in literary creation and translation.

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