Xu Leiran

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Xu.
Xu Leiran
许磊然
Born Xu Yizeng (许怡曾)
1918
Shanghai
Died 2009 (aged 9697)
Beijing
Pen name Leiran (磊然)
Occupation Translator
Language Chinese, Russian
Nationality Chinese
Alma mater University of Shanghai
Saint John's University, Shanghai
Period 1941 - 2005
Genre novel
Notable works Anna Karenina
Spouse Ye Shuifu
Relatives brother: Xu Buzeng

Xu Leiran (simplified Chinese: 许磊然; traditional Chinese: 許磊然; pinyin: Xǔ Leǐrán; 1918 - 26 June 2009) better known by her pen name Leiran (Chinese: 磊然; pinyin: Leǐrán). She was a Chinese female translator and a member of the China Writers Association.[1]

Xu was most notable for being one of the main translators into Chinese of the works of the Russian novelists Ivan Turgenev and Alexander Alexandrovich Fadeyev.[2][3][4]

Biography

Xu was born Xu Yizeng (simplified Chinese: 许怡曾; traditional Chinese: 許怡曾; pinyin: Xǔ Yízēng) in Shanghai in 1918.

Xu secondary studied at Zhongxi High School for Girls (中西女子中学). Xu graduated from University of Shanghai and Saint John's University, Shanghai.

Xu started to publish works in 1941 and she worked in Times Publishing Company (时代出版社) in 1944.

Xu joined the China Writers Association in 1949.

After the founding of the PRC, Xu was transferred from Shanghai to Beijing where she was appointed an editor in the People's Literature Publishing House.

Xu died in Beijing in 2009.

Works

Awards

Personal life

Xu was married to her university friend Ye Shuifu (叶水夫), he also was a Chinese translator.

References

  1. 经典文学作品《日日夜夜》译者磊然去世 享年91岁 (in Chinese). 中国网. Retrieved 2009.
  2. 俄语翻译家磊然去世 (in Chinese). 凤凰网. Retrieved 2009.
  3. 俄语翻译家磊然去世 (in Chinese). 新京报. Retrieved 2009.
  4. 著名翻译家磊然逝世 (in Chinese). 网易. Retrieved 2009.
  5. 马卡连柯 (2013-05-01). 《教育诗》 (in Chinese). 上海市: 上海文艺出版社. ISBN 9787532148233.
  6. 库布林 (2008-01-01). 《白毛狮子狗》 (in Chinese). 海燕出版社. ISBN 9787535038555.
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