Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c15.s2.t44: Liu Guonan
Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c15.s2.t44
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Liu Guonan
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Liu Guonan (1931-November 29, 1987) was a Chinese Indologist and a professor at Peking University. Born in Xixiang County, Hanzhong City, Shaanxi Province. Liu Guonan studied successively in Xixiang Middle School, Nanzheng High School and Leyu High School from 1945 to 1951. He was admitted to Northwest University in 1951 and then transferred to the Department of Oriental Languages at Peking University to study Hindi. In 1954, he was sponsored by the government to study in University of Delhi and thereafter in Banaras Hindu University in India. In 1958, he returned to China to become a teacher in the Department of Oriental Languages at Peking University. He was transferred to the Institute of South Asian Studies co-founded by Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and Peking University in 1980 and was appointed as the Deputy Director of the Institute of South Asian Studies in Peking University in 1985.
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Mainly researching Hindi literature and culture, he translated ‘*Woman in the Picture*’ (1986) by Akilan, ‘*Secret Organization - Road Association*’ by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay (co-translated with Liu Anwu, 1985), ‘*Dirty Skirt*’ by Phanishvarnath Renu (co-translated with Xue Keqiao, 1994) and other Indian literature works and co-edited ‘*The Histories and Cultures of Each Pradesh of India*’ (1982) with Wang Shuying. He also published several papers such as ‘*The Folk Dramas in Northern India*’ and ‘*On the Imagism of Hindi Poetries*’. He went to Delhi to attend The Third World Hindi Conference and was honoured with the “Saraswati Samman” by the Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi in 1983. In August 1987, he was invited by the Banaras Hindu University to be a visiting professor to teach the courses of Chinese Intellectual History and Chinese Literature History. On November 29, he died of a heart failure. About a dozen of Indian newspapers such as ‘*India Daily*’ and ‘*Voice of the People*’ published memorial essays and six related departments held memorial services for him, calling him “a great friend of India”.
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*(Zhang Minyu)*