Native name 刘安武 Name Liu Anwu Occupation Translator, professor Role Novelist | Nationality Chinese Resting place Beijing Period 1980 - present | |
Born July 12, 1930 (age 93)
Changde, Hunan, China ( 1930-07-12 ) Language Chinese, Hindi language, English Alma mater Hunan University
Peking University
Delhi University
Banaras Hindu University Education Peking University, Banaras Hindu University, Hunan University | ||
Liu Anwu (simplified Chinese: 刘安武; traditional Chinese: 劉安武; pinyin: Liǘ ānwǔ; born 12 July 1930) is a Chinese translator who is the honorary president of China Indian Literature Research Association. Liu also a professor in Indian literature at Peking University, Nanjing Institute of International Relations and Shenzhen University.
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He is most notable for being one of the main translators into Chinese of the works of the Indian novelist and poet Rabindranath Tagore.
Biography
Liu was born in Changde, Hunan in July 1930. Liu attended Changde County School (常德县立中学) in 1943. Liu secondary studied at the Hunan Provincial No.4 High School (湖南省立四中). Liu entered Hunan University in 1949, majoring in Chinese language, he was accepted to Peking University in 1951, where he majored in Hindi language.
In 1954, Liu was sent abroad to study at the expense of the government, he studied at Delhi University and Banaras Hindu University.
Liu returned to China in 1958, then he taught at Peking University.
Liu started to publish works in 1980 and he joined the China Writers Association in 1988.
Liu retired in 2000.