He Jingzhi (born November 1924), also known by his pen names Aimo () and Jingzhi (), is a politician and poet of People's Republic of China. He was a standing committee member of the 8th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, a standing committee member of the 7th National People's Congress, and a member of the 12th and 13th CCP Central Committee. He served as Minister of Culture of the People'e Republic of China and deputy head of the Propaganda Department of the Chinese Communist Party.

Biography

He was born in Yi County, Shandong Province, Republic of China in 1924. He went to Yan'an in 1940, he graduated from Department of Literature of Luxun Art Academy of Yan'an in 1942, where he majored in Chinese Literature. He joined the Chinese Communist Party at the age of 17. He continued writing from the 1940s, such as Collection of Fangge (), Selected of He Jingzhi Poetry (), Return to Yan'an (), Song of Leifeng () and China's October (). He wrote The White Haired Girl () with Ding Yi in 1945.

He Jingzhi

Personal life

He married Ke Yan (; 1924-2011) in October 1953, who was also a poet.

He Jingzhi

Works

Collection of Fangge () Selected of He Jingzhi Poetry () Return to Yan'an () Song of Leifeng () China's October () The White Haired Girl ()

He Jingzhi

References

1924 births

Writers from Zaozhuang

Poets from Shandong

Ministers of Culture of the People's Republic of China

Living people

People's Republic of China politicians from Shandong

Chinese Communist Party politicians from Shandong

Chinese dramatists and playwrights

Politicians from Zaozhuang