“著名作家、‘左联’老战士、中国作家协会离休干部梅志同志,因病医治无效,于2004年10月8日18时40分在北京逝世,享年90岁。”这是中国作协为梅志先生去世发出讣告的开首的话。对于梅志先生的去世,尤其是对我们这些老朋友来说,无不哀痛不已。在她离开人世的一周后,10月中旬的一天,罗飞和我应几个香港朋友的提 The famous writer, “Leftist” veteran, Comrade Rev. Mei Zhi, a retired cadre of the Chinese Writers’ Association, died in Beijing at 18:40 on October 8, 2004 at the age of 90 because of invalid medical treatment. The death of Mr. Mei Zhi issued the obituary’s opening words. It is all sorrow for Mr. Mei’s death, especially for our old friends. One week after she left the world, one day in mid-October, Luo Fei and I should mention from a few Hong Kong friends