鄢国培是获茅盾文学奖提名的《长江三部曲》（《漩流》、《巴山月》、《苍海浮云》）的作者，是湖北省作家协会主席。他曾经说过：“我是一名普通的长江海员，由我这个海员来描写长江，心情格外激动。我是长江的儿子，长江抚育了我，我要怀着儿子般的感情去爱长江，去描写长江? Yan Guopei is the author of “Trilogy of the Yangtze River” (“Swirling Stream”, “Bashanyue” and “Canghai Floating Clouds”), nominated by Mao Dun Literature Prize, and chairman of Hubei Writers Association. He once said, "I am an ordinary seafarer in the Yangtze River. I was a seaman from the sea to describe the Yangtze River. I was especially excited. I was the son of the Yangtze River, and the Yangtze River nurtured me. I want to love the Yangtze River with my son’s feelings. To describe the Yangtze River?