About the author

Xia Mo is a Chinese biographer, a member of the Jilin Provincial Writers Association, and also works as a book planner. Her writing focuses mainly on biographies of Republican-era figures and also touches on modern poetry; eight of her works are held in the collection. She came to readers' attention with the series "Romance and Moonlight of the Republic," which includes biographies of Zhang Ailing, Lü Bicheng, Lin Huiyin, and Lu Xiaoman. She has also written biographies of Xiao Hong, Yang Jiang, and Lu Xiaoman, as well as "A City at a Glance," which explores the poetic world of Gu Cheng. Her prose is delicate and gentle, adept at capturing the subtle emotional and fateful dimensions of extraordinary women, blending historical narrative with literary craft to make her subjects vivid and approachable. Beyond the outline of her career, public information about her education and life dates is limited, and readers chiefly come to know her writing through these works.

Written (8)

Blooming or Not, a Flower Is Still a Flower: A Biography of Lu Xiaoman cover
Rating 3.2
Blooming or Not, a Flower Is Still a Flower: A Biography of Lu Xiaoman 夏墨 · 2025 Lu Xiaoman: A Biography is a new work by the well-known biographer Xia Mo. Lu Xiaoman's life was a life of legend, a life of mixed praise and blame, a…
Wind, Flowers, Snow and Moon in the Republic Era: The Most Devoted Biography of Eileen Chang cover
Rating 3.7
Wind, Flowers, Snow and Moon in the Republic Era: The Most Devoted Biography of Eileen Chang 夏墨 China Overseas Publishing House · 2023 The Most Devoted Biography of Eileen Chang is one volume in the "Wind, Flowers, Snow and Moon in the Republic Era" series, written by Xia Mo. Selectin…
Wind, Flowers, Snow and Moonlight: The Warmest Biography of Lin Huiyin cover
Rating 3.6
Wind, Flowers, Snow and Moonlight: The Warmest Biography of Lin Huiyin 夏墨 China Overseas Publishing House · 2023 Without Lin Huiyin, the Republic of China era would be less than perfect. She was gentle yet independent, and gifted beyond measure — a devoted and ch…
Wind, Flowers, Snow and Moon in the Republic Era: The Most Beautiful Biography of Lu Xiaoman cover
Rating 3.6
Wind, Flowers, Snow and Moon in the Republic Era: The Most Beautiful Biography of Lu Xiaoman 夏墨 China Overseas Publishing House · 2023 This book, part of the "Wind, Flowers, Snow and Moon in the Republic Era" series, depicts the extraordinary life of Lu Xiaoman with graceful and beaut…
One Glance Topples a City: Gu Cheng's Beautiful World of Poetry cover
Rating 3.5
One Glance Topples a City: Gu Cheng's Beautiful World of Poetry 夏墨 China Overseas Publishing House · 2023 Gu Cheng (1956-1993) was a leading representative poet of contemporary spiritual romanticism, known to the world as the "poet of fairy tales." He alwa…
Romance in the Republican Era: The Most Remarkable Biography of Lü Bicheng cover
Rating 3.7
Romance in the Republican Era: The Most Remarkable Biography of Lü Bicheng 夏墨 China Overseas Publishing House · 2021 In this book, author Xia Mo, with his beautiful and graceful strokes and his poetic, lyrical language, interprets the fragrant legend of a remarkable …
A Biography of Xiao Hong: A Lone Red Bloom in the Frozen River of Suffering cover
Rating 3.6
A Biography of Xiao Hong: A Lone Red Bloom in the Frozen River of Suffering 夏墨 China Workers Publishing House · 2018 This is a legendary story from the last century, beginning at the twilight of the feudal era, with a biting chill. The story starts in a landlord fami…
The Most Virtuous Wife, the Most Talented Woman: A Biography of Yang Jiang cover
Rating 3.3
The Most Virtuous Wife, the Most Talented Woman: A Biography of Yang Jiang 夏墨 民主与建设出版社 · 2017 With a warm touch, the author recounts the hundred-year life of the literary master Ms. Yang Jiang—a life of storms and calms, of ups and downs, of so…

Publishers

China Overseas Publishing HouseChina Workers Publishing House民主与建设出版社