关于“荒煤”这个笔名,作家自己曾谦逊地解释道:“取名荒煤,则是与原名光美谐音,另一方面,也是意味着,一块荒野中的煤石,尚未发光,但最后终于将燃烧起来。”荒煤出生于1913年的上海,祖籍是湖北襄阳。少时家境寒薄,体弱多病,这些养成了他内向寡言,喜欢沉思的性格。1927年,他只身到武汉求学。此时他积极参加学生运动,以稚嫩而热情的诗篇赞颂革命。但大革命的很快失败,荒煤一下子跌 On the pseudonym of “barren coal,” the writer himself modestly explained: “The name of the deserted coal is homophonous to its original name Guangmei. On the other hand, it means that the coal in a wilderness has not glowed yet, but in the end Finally it will burn up. ”Lone coal was born in 1913 in Shanghai, ancestral home is Xiangyang, Hubei. When the family is cold and young, frail and sick, these develop his introverted, like pensive personality. In 1927, he went to Wuhan to study alone. At this moment, he actively participated in the student movement, praising the revolution with tender and passionate poems. But soon after the Great Revolution failed, the shortage of coal suddenly fell