张洁 (1937-2022) is the only author to win the Mao Dun Literature Prize (
茅盾文学奖) twice - for 《
沉重的翅膀》 in 1985 and 《
无字》 in 2005. Her 1979 story 《
爱，是不能忘记的》 was one of the first post-Mao works to openly explore romantic love, and remains a landmark of reform-era literature.
