Personal Info
Known For
Writing
Gender
Male
Birthday
December 30, 1505(76)
Day of Death
December 30, 1581
Place of Birth
Huai'an, Ming Dynasty
Also Known As
Ch'eng-En Wu吴承恩Cheng'en WuWu Ch'Eng-Enوو تشنغن
Wu Cheng'en
Writing
Biography
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.