Lu Yongfu

Lu Yongfu
Native name 卢永福
Born December 1922 (age 93)
Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
Occupation Translator
Language Chinese, Russian
Nationality Chinese
Alma mater Northwest University
Period 1949 - present
Genre Poem
Notable works The Complete Works of Pushkin
This is a Chinese name; the family name is Lu.
Lu Yongfu
Traditional Chinese 盧永福
Simplified Chinese 卢永福

Lu Yongfu (born December 1922) is a Chinese translator and Director of the Chinese Translation Association.[1][2]

He is most notable for being one of the main translators into Chinese of the works of the Russian novelist Alesksandr Pushkin. For his contributions to the introduction of American literature to foreign readers, he was honored with a Pushkin Souvenir Medal by the Government of the Russian Federation in 1999.

Biography

Lu was born in Xi'an, Shaanxi in December 1922.

He graduated from Northwest University in 1946, where he majored in Russian language. After graduation, he taught in Shaanxi.

After the founding of the PRC, Lu worked as an officer in the General Officer of the Central Military Commission, then he was transferred to the People's Literature Publishing House.

Lu joined the China Writers Association in 1979.

Translation

Award

References

  1. 卢永福 (in Chinese). 中国作家网.
  2. 百位翻译家联名声援马爱农 (in Chinese). 光明网. Retrieved 2013.
  3. 118位资深翻译家获表彰 中国译协使用新名称(组图) (in Chinese). Sina. Retrieved 2004.


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