Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c15.s2.t42: Liu Anwu
Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c15.s2.t42
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Liu Anwu
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Liu Anwu (July 12, 1930 - ) is a Chinese Indologist, translator and a Professor of the Philosophy and Social Science Department of Peking University.
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Born in Changde City, Hunan Province, his great interest in literature came to the fore when he was in middle school. In 1949, he took joined the Department of Chinese Language and Literature of Hunan University, and went to the Oriental Language Department of Peking University to study Hindi in February 1951. In November 1954, he went to India and studied Hindi Language and Literature
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Liu Anwu
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in Delhi University and Banaras Hindu University. He returned to China in 1958 to teach and work on his research in Peking University. In 1985, he became a professor at the University and a doctoral supervisor in 1990 of modern Indian language and literature. His previous positions include Director of Laboratory of Oriental Literature of the Oriental Language Department of Peking University, and the Director of South Asia Cultural Institute. He has served successively as the Vice President, President and Honorary President of China Indian Literature Institute. He was honoured with the title of Senior Translator by the Translators Association of China in November 2004, and was elected as a Senior Professor of the Philosophy and Social Science Department of Peking University in January 2005.
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He has been teaching Indian language and literature for a long time. He began to teach the undergraduate courses of ‘Advanced Hindi’ and ‘Indian Hindi Literature History’ after returning from India in 1958. He started to recruit graduates
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[Figure: 'The Indian literary culture from a multi-dimensional perspective - A memorial collection on Lui Anwu's 80ᵗʰ Birth Anniversary' by Jiang Jingkui & Guo Tong]
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since the mid-1980s and set special courses of ‘India Literature History’, ‘Research on Premchand’ and ‘Research on the Two Great Epics of India’. He has made great contributions in spreading Hindi and Indian literature in China.
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Besides teaching, he is also engaged in Indology. As one of the first people to research Hindi literature in China, his major research field is Indian literature, especially Hindi literature. His major research subjects include - famous Hindi writers such as Surdas, Tulasidas and Premchand, the Two Great Epics of India, Hindu mythology, the comparative study of Chinese and Indian literatures and Rabindranath Tagore. Through many of years of cultivation, his research has been very fruitful - he has published eight monographs including the Indian Hindi Literature History (1987), Critical Biography of Premchand (1999), Research on the Two Great Epics of India (2001) and Comparative Study of Chinese and Indian literatures (2005); 28 translation pieces represented by Research on the Modern Indian Literature (Hindi Literature) (1980), Collections of Premchand’s Short Stories—Newly-married (1982), All-well Tree (1983), The Woman Mowing (1985), Premchand on Literature (cotranslated, 1987) and Selected Stories of Premchand (1996); 18 compilation works such as Indian Folks Tales (1984), Selected Works of the Oriental Literature (1986), Selected Ancient Poetries of India (1987) and Selected Oriental Short Stories (1988); and 65 theses.
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(*Jiang Jingkui* & *Jia Yan*)