Lin Shu, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Lin Shu

Chinese writer

Date of Birth: 08-Nov-1852

Place of Birth: Fuzhou, Fujian, China

Date of Death: 09-Oct-1924

Profession: writer, poet, translator, painter

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Lin Shu (Chinese: ??, November 8, 1852 – October 9, 1924), courtesy name Qinnan (??), was a Chinese man of letters, most famous for his introducing Western literature to a whole generation of Chinese readers, despite his ignorance of any foreign language.
He collaborated with others to translate eventually more than 170 titles, mostly novels, from English or French into Literary Chinese.