李奎

Li Kui is a Chinese writer with a substantial body of work, though public information about him is limited: his nationality, dates of birth and death, and English name are not clearly recorded. Judging from the 133 works held in the collection, his writing centers mainly on documentary literature and war and military themes, narrating the history of the anti-Japanese base areas in Jin-Cha-Ji, Jin-Sui, Shandong and Shaan-Gan-Ning, and also covering Allied figures of the Second World War. At the same time he has written on art, culture, theory and finance, including books on the culture of Dunhuang statuary, the origins of sculpture, and scientific and technological inventions and discoveries. Overall, his works combine historical documentary value with popular knowledge, span a wide range of subjects, and are aimed at general readers, building up a body of writing on the spread of anti-Japanese war history and on art and cultural literacy.