Li Tie

Li Tie was born in 1962 in Jinzhou, Liaoning Province. He is a member of the China Writers Association, a first-class writer, and a member of the presidium of the Liaoning Writers Association. After graduating from Dalian Electric Power School in 1981, he worked at the Jinzhou Power Plant and has devoted himself to professional writing since 2003. Regarded as a representative writer of Chinese industrial fiction, he has received awards including the China Good Book Award, the Baihua Literature Award, and the China Excellent Publication Award. His writing spans fiction, essays, and documentary literature. Works such as Splendid and The Craftsman Household Register are grounded in industrial workplaces and craftsmanship, attending to the fate and dignity of ordinary workers. He has also written on medicine and health, including practical books on acupuncture and massage, as well as a memoir of a female soldier of the Pearl River Column. Nine of his works are held in the collection, covering a wide range of subjects; publicly available information about his recent activities is limited.