Wu Cheng'en

Ch'eng-En Wu

Birth Date

12/30/1505 (Age 76)

Birth Place

Huai'an, Ming Dynasty

Death Date

12/30/1581

Departments

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.