沈从文原名沈岳焕，笔名休芸芸、甲辰、上官碧、璇若等，乳名茂林，字崇文，湖南凤凰县人，苗族，祖母刘氏是苗族，其母黄素英是土家族，祖父沈宏富是汉族。沈从文是现代著名作家、历史文物研究家、京派小说代表人物。14岁时，他投身行伍，浪迹湘川黔边境地区，1924年开始文学创作，抗战爆发后到西南联大任教，1931年－1933年在山东大学任教。1946年回到北京大学任教，建国后在中国历史博物馆和中国社会科学院历史研究所工作，主要从事中国古代历史的研究。沈从文1988年病逝于北京。

Yue Huan of Shenyang of Shen Congwen original name, pseudonym rests many, Jia Chen, on if Guan Bi, Xuan waits, infant name Mao Lin, word Chong Wen, person of Hunan phoenix county, miao Zu, grandmother Liu is Miao Zu, its mother Huang Suying is the Tujia nationality, grandfather Shen Hongfu is the Han nationality. Shen Congwen is cultural relic of contemporary and well-known writer, history novel of group of research home, capital represents a person. When 14 years old, he devotes into the ranks, billow is slash area of border of Hunan plain Guizhou, began literary creative work 1924, after war of resistance against aggression erupts, to southwest the the United Nations General Assembly teachs, 1931 - taught in Shandong university 1933. Returned Beijing University to teach 1946, after founding a state, mix in Chinese history museum institute of history of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences works, basically pursue the research of history of Chinese ancient time. Shen Congwen died of illness 1988 at Beijing.