Wei Huangnu

{{Short description|Chinese translator}} {{Family name hatnote|Wei|lang=Chinese}} {{Infobox writer | image = | caption = | name = Wei Shaozhen | native_name = 魏绍珍 | native_name_lang = zh | pseudonym = Wei Huangnu ({{lang|zh-Hans-CN|魏荒弩}}) | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1918|8|2}} | birth_place = Wuji County, Hebei, China | death_date = {{death date and age|2006|12|9|1918|8|2}} | death_place = Beijing, China | resting_place = | occupation = Translator | language = Chinese, Russian, Esperanto | alma_mater = Zunyi Foreign Studies College | period = 1938–2006 | genre = Poem, novel | subject = | movement = | notable_works = ''Collected Works of Nekrasov'' | spouse = | partner = | children = | relatives = | awards = | signature = | signature_alt = | website =  }} '''Wei Shaozhen''' ({{zh|s=魏绍珍|t=魏紹珍|p=Wèi Shào Zhēn}}; August 2, 1918 – December 9, 2006) better known by his pen name '''Wei Huangnu''' ({{zh|s=魏荒弩|t=魏荒弩|p=Wèi Huāngnǔ|labels=no}}), was a Chinese translator and professor.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.hexun.com/2012-10-10/146588401.html |script-title=zh:一个甲子的倾心 |date=2012 |publisher= |work=Hexun |language=zh}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://epaper.oeeee.com/C/html/2013-01/27/content_1800693.htm |script-title=zh:老一代主编、翻译家杨德豫辞世 |date=2013 |publisher= |work=oeeee.com |language=zh}}</ref>

He was among the first few in China who translated the works of Nikolay Nekrasov's into Chinese language.

== Early life == Wei was born as Shao Zhen in Wuji County, Hebei, China on August 2, 1918.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Ba|first1=Jin|author-link=Ba Jin |script-title=zh:当代文学翻译百家谈 |date=1989 |publisher=Peking University Press |page=851 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D8AUAQAAMAAJ&q=魏荒弩+1918& |language=zh|isbn=9787301005095}}</ref>

== Education == During his early years, Wei learned Esperanto by himself.

Wei graduated from Zunyi Foreign Studies College ({{lang|zh-Hans-CN|遵义外国语学院}}) in 1940, where he majored in Russian language.

== Career == In 1938, Wei started to public sh his wo ks. Wei worked in ''Fenglin Literature and Art'' ({{lang|zh-Hans-CN|枫林文艺}}) and ''Poetry and Literature'' ({{lang|zh-Hans-CN|诗文学}}) as the chief editor.

Wei joined the China Writers Association in 1949.

After the founding of the Communist State, Wei became a professor at Peking University.

He died in 2006.<ref>{{cite web |script-title=zh:作协公布近年去世会员名单魏巍萧克季羡林等在列 |url=http://www.chinanews.com/cul/news/2009/12-03/1998180.shtml |publisher=China News Service |date=2009-12-03}}</ref>

==Works== * ''Lizhaiyumo'' ({{lang|zh-Hans-CN|枥斋余墨}})<ref>{{cite book |author=Wei Huangnu |script-title=zh:《枥斋余墨》|date=2008-01-01 |publisher=Nanjing Normal University Press|location=Nanjing |pages= |isbn=9787811016406 |language=zh}}</ref> * ''Poetry of Czech Republic'' ({{lang|zh-Hans-CN|捷克诗歌选}}) * ''Collected Stories of Czech Republic'' ({{lang|zh-Hans-CN|捷克小说选}}) * ''Poetry of Russian'' ({{lang|zh-Hans-CN|俄国诗选}}) * ''Poetry of Nekrasov'' (Nikolay Nekrasov) ({{lang|zh-Hans-CN|涅克拉索夫诗选}})<ref>{{cite book |author=Nikolay Nekrasov |script-title=zh:《涅克拉索夫诗选》|date=2010-01-01 |publisher=Beiyuan Literature & Art Publishing House |location=Shanxi |pages= |isbn=9787537820905 |language=zh}}</ref> * ''Collected Works of Nekrasov'' (Nikolay Nekrasov) ({{lang|zh-Hans-CN|涅克拉索夫文集（三卷）}}) * ''Poetry of Decemberrists'' ({{lang|zh-Hans-CN|十二月党人诗选}})

==Awards== * ''Collected Works of Nekrasov'' – National Foreign Literature Book Award * Chinese Translation Association – Senior Translator (2004)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.sina.com.cn/o/2004-11-07/18414168028s.shtml |script-title=zh:118位资深翻译家获表彰中国译协使用新名称(组图) |date=2004 |publisher= |work= Sina|language=zh}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

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