Native name 梅绍武 Name Mei Shaowu Role Author | Nationality Chinese Parents Mei Lanfang Period 1952 - 2000 | |
Born Mei Baozhen (梅葆珍)December 22, 1928Beijing ( 1928-12-22 ) Occupation Translator, scholar, author Alma mater Yenching UniversityHangchow University Died September 28, 2005, Beijing, China | ||
Mei Shaowu (simplified Chinese: 梅绍武; traditional Chinese: 梅紹武; pinyin: Méi Shàowǚ; 22 December 1928 - 28 September 2005) was a Chinese translator, author and scholar who was honorary president of the Mei Lanfang Memorial Hall (梅兰芳纪念馆) and president of the Mei Lanfang Literature and Art Research Association (梅兰芳文化艺术研究会). He also was a researcher in the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.
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Mei was the first person from China to translate the works of the American novelist Vladimir Nabokov to Chinese language.
Mei was a member of the 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
Biography
Mei was born Mei Baozhen (Chinese: 梅葆珍; pinyin: Méi Bǎozhēn) in December 1928 in Beijing, with his ancestral home in Taizhou, Jiangsu, the son of Fu Zhifang (福芝芳), a Beijing opera actress, and Mei Lanfang, also a Beijing opera actor. His elder brother, Mei Baochen (梅葆琛) (1925 - 2008), an architect who was graduated from Aurora University. His younger brother, Mei Baojiu, a Beijing opera actor, was born in 1934. His younger sister, Mei Baoyue (梅葆玥) (1930 - 2000), a Beijing opera actress who graduated from Aurora University.
Mei primarily studied in Shanghai.
During the Second Sino-Japanese War, Mei Lanfang escaped from Beijing and settled in Hong Kong, Mei and his brother attended Lingnan Secondary School (岭南中学).
When Hong Kong was occupied by the Imperial Japanese Army, Mei went to Guiyang, Guizhou, he studied at Qinghua High School (清华中学).
Mei entered Hangchow University in 1946, majoring in engineering at the Department of Engineering.
In 1947, Mei was admitted to Yenching University, majoring in English at the Department of Western Languages, he took French and German as elective courses. After graduating in 1952 he was appointed to the Beijing Library (北京图书馆), then he was transferred to the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.
Mei died of colon cancer at Beijing Tumour Hospital in September 28, 2005.
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Personal life
Mei married translator Tu Zhen (屠珍) in 1956 in Beijing, she was a graduate of Peking University, where she majored in French language.