Zhang Haidi, the autumn of 1955 in Jinan born 5 years old suffering from spinal disease, paralyzed below the chest. From then on, Zhang Haidi began her unique life. She can not go to school, in the study at home to finish secondary school curriculum was old, Heidi to follow their parents, decentralization (Shandong) Liaocheng rural, to the child when the teacher. She also taught himself to acupuncture and moxibustion medicine, free treatment for the villagers. Later, Zhang Haidi self-study multi language, and also worked as a radio repairman.
In the cruel fate of the challenges, Zhang Haidi not depressed and sinking, her dogged determination and perseverance to fight disease, withstood a severe test of life is full of confidence. Although she has no chance to go to school, but strive to learn, finished all courses of primary school, middle school, learning university English, Japanese and German and the world language, and the University and graduate students studying courses.1983 Zhang Haidi began to engage in literary creation, has translated "the clinic" hundreds of thousands of words of the English novel, edited by "window open to the sky", "the meaning of life", "dream of a wheelchair" and other books. "The wheelchair the dream" published in Japan and South Korea, and "the meaning of life" published less than half a year, has been reprinted 3 times, won the national "five project" in the book award. Before the "meaning of life", the award also Never awarded to prose works. Recently, a up to 30 million words of the novel "extremely", forthcoming. Beginning in 1983, Zhang Haidi creation and translation of the works of over 100 million words.
