Wu Junxie

Wu Junxie
Native name	吴钧燮
Born	1928 (age 87–88) Hangzhou, Zhejiang
Resting place	Beijing
Occupation	Translator
Language	Chinese, English
Nationality	Chinese
Alma mater	Zhejiang University
Period	1959 - 2000
Genre	novel
Notable works	Jane Eyre

Wu Junxie (simplified Chinese: 吴钧燮; traditional Chinese: 吳鈞燮; pinyin: Wú Jūnxiè; born 1928) is a Chinese translator.^[1]

Wu is most notable for being one of the main translators into Chinese of the works of the English novelists Charlotte Bronte and Virginia Woolf.^[2][3]

Biography

Wu was born in Hangzhou, Zhejiang in 1928.

He graduated from Zhejiang University in 1951, where he majored in English. After graduation, Wu was appointed an officer to the Chinese State Council and the Propaganda Department of the Communist Party of China.

In 1959, Wu was transferred to the People's Literature Publishing House as an editor.

After the Cultural Revolution, Wu joined the China Writers Association in 1982.

Works

• The Biography of Leo Tolstoy (《列夫·托尔斯泰评传》)
• Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte) (《简·爱》)^[4]
• The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway) (《老人与海》)
• The Textbook of Woolf (Virginia Woolf) (《伍尔夫读本》)
• The Collected Works of Woolf (Virginia Woolf) (《伍尔夫文集》)
• Play Making (《剧作法》)^[5]

Awards

• Chinese Translation Association - Competent Translator (2004)^[6]

References

1. 吴钧燮 (1928～) (in Chinese). Retrieved 中国作家网. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
2. "《简·爱》在中国受宠80年 其汉译本达20余种" (in Chinese). 国际在线. Retrieved 2011. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
3. "新世纪教育文库·中学生阅读推荐书目100种" (in Chinese). 教育频道. Retrieved 2006. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
4. 夏绿蒂·勃朗特 (1990-11-01). 《简·爱》 (in Chinese). Beijing: 人民文学出版社. ISBN 9787020070398.
5. 威廉·阿契尔 (2004-03-01). 《剧作法》 (in Chinese). Beijing: 中国戏剧出版社. ISBN 9787104018810.
6. "118位资深翻译家获表彰 中国译协使用新名称" (in Chinese). 新浪网. Retrieved 2004. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)