Feng Zhi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Feng Zhi

writer and university teacher (1905-1993)

Date of Birth: 17-Sep-1905

Place of Birth: Hebei, China

Date of Death: 22-Feb-1993

Profession: poet, translator, university teacher

Nationality: China

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Feng Zhi (Chinese: ??; pinyin: Féng Zhì; Wade–Giles: Feng Chih; 17 September 1905 – 22 February 1993) was a Chinese writer and translator.
He was also the director and then honorary director of the Institute of Foreign Literature, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences since 1964.Feng published several collections of poems, including Songs of Yesterday and Northern Journey and Other Poems, in his early life.
Then he went to Germany and introduced the poetry of Rilke, Goethe, Heine, along with Novali afterwards, thus he was bestowed Goethe Medal in the 1980s.
He was also a scholar of Du Fu.