Zhou Lixia

Zhou Lixia, female, was born in October 1981 in Shehong County, Sichuan Province. She holds a master's degree and works as an editor at Wenhua Daobao (Cultural Herald), while writing freelance and compiling books in her spare time. Public information about her is limited, and few reliable details of her life beyond the above are available. Judging from the 174 works held in the collection, her compiling work covers a wide range: selected readers of leading modern Chinese essayists such as Lu Xun, Zhu Ziqing, Liang Yuchun, Yu Dafu, Xu Zhimo, Xiao Hong and Shi Pingmei; translations and introductions of foreign literature such as Eugénie Grandet; and works on law and classical literature. She has also compiled biographies of world figures and books on history and culture, and written titles including Youth Fears No Battle and The Psychology of Interpersonal Relations. Overall, her work focuses on selecting and editing classic texts and spreading knowledge for general readers, in plain and readable prose, and she has built up some experience in promoting essays and cultural-historical reading materials.