48 years ago today, on July 24, 1977 (June 9, 1977 lunar calendar), writer He Qifang passed away. He Qifang On July 24, 1977, the famous writer He Qifang passed away in Beijing. He Qifang, formerly known as He Yongfang, was born in 1912 in Wanxian County, Sichuan. Poet and literary critic. He attended a private school as a child. In 1935, he graduated from the Department of Philosophy of Peking University. After graduation, he taught at Nankai University Middle School in Tianjin and Laiyang Rural Normal School in Shandong. In 1938, he came to Yan'an and served as a teacher and head of the Department of Literature of Lu Xun Art and Literature. From 1942 to 1947, he worked twice in Chongqing under the direct leadership of Zhou Enlai. He served as a member of the Cultural and Cultural Commission of the Southern Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, a member of the Sichuan Provincial Party Committee, a vice minister of the Propaganda Department, and the president of Xinhua Daily. In 1947, he served as Zhu De's secretary. From 1948 to 1953, he taught at the Marxist-Leninist Academy. He was elected as a member of the first, second and third National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and a deputy to the third National People's Congress. He has served as a member of the National Federation of Literary and Art Circles, a director of the Chinese Writers Association and secretary of the Secretariat, a member of the Party Committee and the Department of Philosophy and Social Sciences of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, an editorial board member of People's Literature and Literature and Art Daily, a head teacher of literary research at Renmin University of China, editor-in-chief of Literary Research and Literary Review, and director of the The main works are: "Prophecy", "Night Song and Day Song", "He Qifang Poetry"; "Painting Dreams", "Homecoming Miscellaneous Notes", "Spark Collection", "About Realism", "Xiyuan Collection", "About Writing and Reading Poems", "Without Criticism, You Can't Move Forward", "On", "Poetry Appreciation", "Spring of Literature and Art", etc.