Sun Shengwu

Sun Shengwu (Chinese: 孙绳武; 1917 - 9 June 2014), also known as Sun Wei (孙玮), was a Chinese translator and editor.[1]

Sun Shengwu
Sun Shengwu
Born1917
Yanshi, Henan, China
DiedJune 9, 2014(2014-06-09) (aged 96–97)
Beijing, China
Resting placeBabaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery
Pen nameSun Wei
OccupationEditor, translator
LanguageChinese, Russian
NationalityChinese
Alma materNorthwest University
Counter-Japanese Military and Political University
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese孫繩武
Simplified Chinese孙绳武
In this Chinese name, the family name is Sun.

Biography

Sun was born in Yanshi, Henan, China in 1917. In 1942 he graduated from Northwest University, where he majored in Russian language. In 1949 he joined the Time Publishing House as an editor. He was transferred to the People's Literature Publishing House in 1953, where he successively worked as Director of Foreign Editorial Office and Deputy Editor-In-Chief. He joined the Communist Party of China in 1960. He founded the Foreign Literature. He retired in April 1987. He died in Beijing on June 6, 2014. He was buried in Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery.[2]

Works
  • 孙绳武诗文集 [Sun Shengwu's Collection of Poems and Essays] (in Chinese). Beijing: People's Literature Publishing House. 2016. ISBN 9787020094103.
  • 高尔基传 [Biography of Gorky] (in Chinese).
  • 莱蒙托夫传 [Biography of Lemontov] (in Chinese).
  • 普希金传 [Biography of Pushkin] (in Chinese).
  • 列夫·托尔斯泰传 [Biography of Leo Tolstoy] (in Chinese).
  • Sun Shengwu; Jiang Luhe. 俄国文学史 [History of Russian Literature] (in Chinese).

References
  1. 出版家翻译家孙绳武去世 曾组织出版诸多大师作品. Huaxia.com (in Chinese). 12 June 2014. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  2. Jiang Yan (姜妍) (11 June 2014). 著名翻译家孙绳武逝世 生前致力外国文学引介. qq.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 3 November 2019.
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