Died September 3, 1966, China Parent(s) Fu Pengfei (d.1912) Spouse Zhu Meifu (m. 1932) | Name Fu Lei Education University of Paris Role Journalist Children Fou Ts'ong | |
Born 7 April 1908 ( 1908-04-07 ) Nanhui County, Jiangsu, Qing China Alma mater St. Ignatius High School
University of Paris Similar People Fou Ts'ong, Patsy Toh, Yehudi Menuhin | ||
Cause of death Suicide by poisoning | ||
Interview with fu lei at art plural gallery singapore
Fu Lei (Chinese: 傅雷; courtesy name Nu'an 怒安, pseudonym Nu'an 怒庵; 1908–1966) was a famous Chinese translator and art critic.
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He was born in Nanhui County , currently one of Shanghai districts, raised by his mother. He studied art and art theory in France from 1928–1932. Upon his return to China, he taught in Shanghai and worked as a journalist and art critic until he took up translating. His translations, which remain highly regarded, include Voltaire, Balzac and Romain Rolland. He developed his own style, the "Fu Lei style," and his own translation theory. He advocated the transfer of the original spirit of a literary work. A good translation should be "alike in spirit and appearance" but if the translator struggles with transmitting both the grammatical appearance and the literary spirit, he should try to save the latter.
In 1957 he was labelled a rightist. In 1966, at the start of the Cultural Revolution, he and his wife committed suicide. His family letters to his son Fou Ts'ong, a world-renowned pianist, were published posthumously and became a bestseller in China.