Su Shi Death Cause and Date

Su Shi's Death

Born (Birthday) January 8, 1037

Death Date August 24, 1101

Age of Death 64 years

Cause of Death N/A

Place of Death Cháng Prefecture

Profession Poet

The poet Su Shi died at the age of 64. Here is all you want to know, and more!

Biography - A Short Wiki

An eleventh-century Chinese author, poet, artist, and Song Dynasty political figure, he is particularly well known for his essays. He also wrote numerous poems during his lifetime, more than two thousand of which have survived.

During his youth, he studied under a Taoist priest in the village of Meishan. Early in his life, he began working for the Chinese government; one of his first projects was the construction of a pedestrian walkway across a body of water in Hangzhou.

He was a travel writer and a gourmet cooking expert.

His brother, Su Zhe, and his father, Su Xun, were both respected scholars. Su Shi was married twice– to Wang Fu and, after her death, to Wang Runzhi– and he also kept a concubine named Wang Zhaoyun.

He was a contemporary of medieval Iranian poet, Omar Khayyam.