He wrote many novels and short stories in his life. 1994 Lin was awarded the "Honorary Award for Senior Chinese Writers" by the World Chinese Writers Association and the Asian Chinese Writers Literature and Art Foundation, and 1998 was awarded the "Lifetime Achievement Award" by the World Chinese Writers Congress.
His autobiographical novel Old Stories in the South of the City 1999 won the second May 4th Prize "Literary Contribution Award" and the German version won the Swiss "Blue Cobra Award".
The Pure Literature Publishing House she founded (1968- 1995) is the first professional literature publishing house in China, which has published many famous books.
Extended data:
Introduction of representative works:
1, Xiaoyun
Xiaoyun is one of Lin's few famous novels. Lin described a story in which a high school graduate, Xiaoyun, lived with her mother as a tutor since childhood and fell in love with her master.
2. Spring breeze
"Spring Breeze" tells the story of a headmistress who is successful in running a school, but unable to cope with marriage, which leads to a weak husband building another love nest in the middle and raising a well-behaved little daughter.
Baidu encyclopedia-Lin