The Lu Xun Literary Institute (Chinese: 鲁迅文学院), located in Beijing, is China's only national academy in literature education. Established in 1950 as the Central Literary Research Institute (Chinese: 中央文学研究所), it was closed in 1957 due to the Anti-Rightist Movement and not reopened until 1980. The current name, after the prominent literary figure Lu Xun, was adapted in 1984.[1] Ding Ling was the institute's first director.
Yu Hua, a notable author who published (among others) To Live and Chronicle of a Blood Merchant, is an alumnus of the institute.