Native name 李欧梵 Name Leo Lee Genre Essay | Period 1970 - present Role Author | |
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Occupation Commentator, author, professor, literary scholar Alma mater National Taiwan UniversityHarvard University Books The Romantic Generation of Chinese Writers Similar People C T Hsia, Merle Goldman, Jaroslav Prusek |
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Leo Ou-fan Lee (simplified Chinese: 李欧梵; traditional Chinese: 李歐梵; pinyin: Lǐ ōufán; born 10 October 1942) is a Chinese commentator and author who was elected Fellow of Academia Sinica in 2002. Lee also was a professor at Chinese University of Hong Kong, Princeton University, Indiana University, University of Chicago, University of California, Los Angeles, and Harvard University.
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Lee has served as columnist of several publications, such as the Yazhou Zhoukan, Hong Kong Economic Journal, Ming Pao, and Muse.
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Biography
Lee was born in a wealthy and highly educated family in Taikang County, Henan in 1942. Both his father Li Yonggang (Chinese: 李永刚) and mother Zhou Yuan (Chinese: 周瑗) were musicians and educators. His given name "Ou-fan" is the Chinese version of Orpheus, the Greek god of music.
Lee graduated from National Hsinchu Senior High School and National Taiwan University. He first took a master's degree form University of Chicago, where he was inspired by T.H. Tsien to study Chinese literature. He then went on to study at Harvard University, where his mentors included Benjamin I. Schwartz and John King Fairbank. received his Doctor of Arts degree from Harvard University, in 1970, majoring in history and East Asian languages.
After graduating he taught at Chung Chi College of Chinese University of Hong Kong, Princeton University, Indiana University, University of Chicago, University of California, Los Angeles, and Harvard University.
In 2002, Lee was elected Fellow of Academia Sinica.
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Personal life
Lee was first wed to dancer Wang Xiaolan (Chinese: 王晓蓝), the daughter of Hualing Nieh Engle and poet Paul Engle. After a turbulent divorce, he remarried in September 2000. Li Yuying (Chinese: 李玉莹), his second wife, who was the former wife of Deng Wenzheng (Chinese: 邓文正). The couple was divorced, and Lee has since remarried.