The author of the novel The Storm is

(1908- 1979), formerly known as Zhou, is a famous modern writer and translator in China. /kloc-began to publish works in 0/934, including the novels Storm, Hot Metal Running, Great Changes in Mountainous Areas, Impression of Reportage in Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Border Region and Selected Works of Zhou Libo (1 ~ 7 volumes). He is also the first China translator of sholokhov's masterpiece Virgin Land. Zhou Libo's The Tempest is a classic work reflecting the land reform, which keeps pace with Ding Ling's The Sun Shines on the Sanggan River. With Yuan Maotun on the Songhua River in the northeast as the background, it depicts the magnificent picture of the revolutionary struggle of land reform, shows the earth-shaking changes that have taken place in the rural areas of China, and enthusiastically praises the revolutionary spirit of China farmers who broke through the feudal net and rushed to the road of liberation under the leadership of the * * * Production Party. The Tempest has successfully created lovely images of poor farmers such as Guo Quanhai, Bai Sao and Liu Guilan.