Author  (1932 AD)

Township：	天津
 Author critical biography： 《曹禺传》 Read works of Tian Benxiang at 小说之家

　　Tian Benxiang, former Language and Literature Department of Beijing Broadcasting Institute, Deputy Director, Associate Professor, Professor of Central Academy of Drama. Research Institute of China Academy of Arts drama, Professor, School Academic Committee and deputy director. Ministry of Culture of series of high jury member and deputy director. China is now the history of drama theory and Research Association, Chinese Drama Festival Committee. Major academic monographs are: "On Cao Yu", "A Critical Biography of Tian Han," "Television Culture" and so on. Editor: "History of Modern Comparative Drama," "New Drama Dynasty", "World Art History Collection" (six volumes) and so on.
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　　Cao Yu was a master of Chinese drama. His work and his experience has attracted a lot of people tireless research, and field Benxiang, is one of the lucky one. Fifteen years ago, the invitation to be Mr. Cao Yu, Tian us what the author of "Cao Yu Chuan", and Cao Yu for as long as ten years of academic interview. Mr. Cao Yu passed away, just reload year's visit notes and recordings, field Benxiang came up with more emotion. So his "anguish of the soul" in the title, published "An Interview with Cao Yu", open a dialogue between him and Cao Yu. This also allows us the opportunity to Cao Yu approached the last sixteen years of life in the inner world.
　　Cao Yu's life in the last sixteen years, fortunate to hear the field us what the most sincere drama master the language. The dialogue between them, are recorded in more than thirty interviews tape and four notes. Although this is not all talk, but to literary and art circles have been very satisfied. Cao Yu's life because of information and correspondence, is not lost in the war that was destroyed during the Cultural Revolution. The recordings and notes, Master Sheng mind carrying the baby drama, eventually finishing assembly as "Cao Yu Interview."
　　Shu Yi Chinese Modern Literature Curator: Mr. Cao Yu is a strictly cautious person, but a timid man. This word is bold, then, is the truth, dig their own pit of the stomach child to speak out words.
　　Press Associate Editor Yang Jiuquan: Mr. Cao Yu is immersed in a recall and memories, recall and memory itself, constitute a unique form.
　　"Cao Yu Interview" is the prototype of Physiognomy and Cao Yu Tian 16 years in the conversations. Since the start of visit to Cao Yu, Tian Benxiang from the modern literature research to study drama and become the most authoritative expert on Cao Yu, as well as theater critic. Many of his research monograph, have cited him and Cao Yu's remarks. Cao Yu in 2000 to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the birth of the days, he rearranged them to access records.