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Native name
  
李文俊

Alma mater
  
Fudan University

Education
  
Fudan University

Nationality
  
Chinese

Role
  
Translator

Language
  
Chinese, English

Name
  
Li Wenjun

Occupation
  
Translator, writer

Period
  
1952 - present


Notable works
  
The Sound and the Fury, As I Lay Dying, Go Down Moses

Li Wenjun (Chinese: 李文俊; pinyin: Lǐ Wénjùn; born 1930) is a Chinese translator and proser. Li is now the vice chairman of Translators Association of China and the director of Literature and Art Translation Committee. He is also a researcher at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.

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He is most notable for being one of the main translators into Chinese of the works of the American novelists William Faulkner and Frances Hodgson Burnett. For his contributions to the introduction of American literature to foreign readers, he was honored with the Sino-US Literature Exchange Award in 1994.

Biography

Li was born in Zhongshan, Guangdong in 1930.

He graduated from Fudan University in 1952, where he majored in journalism at the Department of Journalism. After graduation, Li started to publish works, and worked in World Literature (《世界文学》) as an editor.

In 1979, Li joined the China Writers Association.

Translations

  • The Sound and the Fury (《喧哗与骚动》)
  • As I Lay Dying (《我弥留之际》)
  • Go Down, Moses (《去吧,摩西》)
  • Absalom, Absalom! (《押沙龙,押沙龙!》)
  • Little Lord Fauntleroy (Frances Hodgson Burnett) (《小爵爷》)
  • A Little Princess (Frances Hodgson Burnett) (《小公主》)
  • The Secret Garden (Frances Hodgson Burnett) (《秘密花园》)
  • The Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka) (《变形记》)
  • The Ballad of the Sad Café (Carson Mccullers) (《伤心咖啡馆之歌》)
  • Works

  • William Faulkner (《威廉·福克纳》)
  • The History of American Literature (《美国文学简史》)
  • Woman and The Gallery (《妇女画廊》)
  • Zonglangdahuaji (《纵浪大化集》)
  • Seeking, finding (《寻找与寻见》)
  • Personal life

    Li married Zhang Peifen (张佩芬), who also a translator.

    Award

  • Sino-US Literature Exchange Award (1994)
  • TAC’s Lifetime Achievement Award in Translation (2014)
  • References

    Li Wenjun Wikipedia


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