Fu Lei, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Fu Lei

Chinese writer

Date of Birth: 07-Apr-1908

Place of Birth: Nanhui District, Shanghai, China

Date of Death: 03-Sep-1966

Profession: translator, linguist

Nationality: China

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Fu Lei

  • Fu Lei (Fou Lei; Chinese: ??; courtesy name Nu'an ??, pseudonym Nu'an ??; 1908–1966), with his renowned rendition of Balzac and Romain Rolland, is China's most respected translator of French literature. Born in Nanhui, today a district of Shanghai, Fu Lei was raised by his mother.
  • Between 1928 and 1931 he read literature and art history in Paris, befriending, amongst others, Jacques Maritain and Jean Daniélou.
  • Between 1932 and 1934 he taught art history at Shanghai Art Academy.
  • An occasional critic and curator, for the most part of his working life, Fu Lei translated full-time.In 1958 Fu Lei was labelled a rightist in the Anti-Rightist Movement.
  • In 1966, at the beginning of the Cultural Revolution, he and his wife Zhu Meifu committed suicide.
  • His letters to his son, the pianist Fou Ts'ong, were published in 1981.
  • Fu Lei's Family Letters is a long-standing best-seller.

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