Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c15.s2.t31: Wu Yan
Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c15.s2.t31
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Wu Yan
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Wu Yan (December 1918 - September 8, 2010), was a Chinese expert in translation, and publisher. He was born in Kunshan, Jiangsu Province, and was originally named Sun Jiaji while his style name was Wu Yan.
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He graduated from the Foreign Languages Department of National Chi Nan University in 1941. He joined the Chinese Writers’ Association in 1962. He worked as the Director of the Editorial
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Wu Yan
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Office of New Literature & Art Publishing House, Director of the Editorial Office of Shanghai Literature and Art Publishing House, Deputy Chief Editor of the People’s Literature Publishing House Shanghai Office and President of Shanghai Translation Publishing House.
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He translated many poetical works of Rabindranath Tagore of which his representative works include ‘*Selected Lyrical Poems of Tagore*’ (1989), ‘*Xin Di Shen Yun*’ (1997) and ‘*Selected Poems of Tagore*’ (2003). ‘*Xin Di Shen Yun*’ includes the translated version of 10 English poems of Tagore, namely ‘*Gitanjali*’, ‘*The Gardener*’, ‘*The Crescent Moon*’, ‘*Fruit-Gathering*’, ‘*Stray Birds*’, ‘*Lover’s Gift*’, ‘*Crossing*’, ‘*The Fugitive*’, ‘*Fireflies*’ and ‘*Poems*’.
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In 1980s and 1990s, Wu Yuan was the President of Shanghai Literature & Art Publishing House, and helped to publish a batch of Chinese version of Indian literatures, including Mulk Raj Anand’s ‘*The Village*’ (1983), ‘*Across the Black Waters*’ (1985) and ‘*Collection of Short Stories By Akilan*’ (1984), Tagore’s ‘*Glimpses of Bengal*’ (1985), Vrindavanlal Varma’s ‘*Rani of Jhansi*’ (1987), Mirza Mohammad Hadi Ruswa’s ‘*Umrao Jan Ada*’ (1993), Rasipuram Krishnaswami Narayanaswami’s ‘*The Guide*’ (1993), Ila Chandra Joshi’s ‘*Sannyasi*’ (1994) and Phanisavaranath Renu’s ‘*Maila Anchal*’ (1994), which have facilitated the spread of Indian literature in China and contributed to the India-China cultural exchanges.
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(*Wang Lingnan*)