Wu Cheng'en

Date of birth

30 Dec 1505

527 years ago at Huai'an, Ming Dynasty

Also Known As

Ch'eng-En Wu
吴承恩
Cheng'en Wu
Wu Ch'Eng-En
وو تشنغن
У Чэнъэнь
Ngô Thừa Ân
Ու Չենեն
呉承恩
吴汝忠
Wu Ru Zhong
У Жу Чжун

Wu Cheng'en (traditional Chinese: 吳承恩; simplified Chinese: 吴承恩; pinyin: Wú Chéng'ēn, c. 1500–1582 or 1505–1580), was a Chinese novelist and poet of the Ming Dynasty, and is considered by many to be the author of Journey to the West, one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature.

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