Native name 卢永福 Alma mater Northwest University Occupation Translator Period 1949 - present | Language Chinese, Russian Name Lu Yongfu Nationality Chinese | |
Lu Yongfu (born December 1922) is a Chinese translator and Director of the Chinese Translation Association.
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He is most notable for being one of the main translators into Chinese of the works of the Russian novelist Aleksandr Pushkin. For his contributions to the introduction of American literature to foreign readers, he was honored with a Pushkin Souvenir Medal by the Government of the Russian Federation in 1999.
Biography
Lu was born in Xi'an, Shaanxi in December 1922.
He graduated from Northwest University in 1946, where he majored in Russian language. After graduation, he taught in Shaanxi.
After the founding of the Communist State, Lu worked as an officer in the General Officer of the Central Military Commission, then he was transferred to the People's Literature Publishing House.
Lu joined the China Writers Association in 1979.