Li Peifu (Chinese: 李佩甫; pinyin: Lǐ Pèifǔ; born October 1953) is a Chinese novelist best known for his novel Book of Life, which won him China's top literature prize: Mao Dun Literature Prize, in 2015.
He was selected as a National First-class Writer by the Chinese government, and enjoys the special subsidy of the State Council.
He graduated from Henan Radio and Television University in 1984, where he majored in Chinese language and literature.
His most influential work is Book of Life, which he finished in 2011, and which won him the prestigious Mao Dun Literature Prize in 2015.
[5] Book of Life is also the finale of his Plains Trilogy, after the 1999 Door of the Sheepfold and the 2003 The Light of the Cities.