Translated Work
瑪麗個案
Title:
The Case of Mary
Genre:
Essay
Page Numbers:
199 - 201
First Publication Date:
1998
Publisher:
Oxford University Press (China)
Language:
Monolingual (English)
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Author
Name:
ZHANG, Yan 張彥
Alternate Name:
張愛倫 ; 西西 ; CHEUNG, Oi Lun ; Xi Xi ; Hsi Hsi
Year of Birth:
1938
Birthplace:
Shanghai, China
Gender:
Female
Biography:
Born in China in 1938, Zhang came to Hong Kong at the age of twelve. She began to write for local newspapers and magazines when she was in secondary school. After receiving her Diploma of Education, she taught at a primary school and worked as an editor for several literary magazines. She also co-founded the non-profit publishing house Su Yeh Publications with her friends. Her best-known publications include 《我城》(My City) and 《浮城誌異》(Marvels of the Floating City), which depicted Hong Kong’s local life and social issues.
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Translator
Name:
LAI, Jane C. C. 黎翠珍
Gender:
Female
Translator Biography:
Lai studied at the University of Hong Kong and the University of Bristol. She taught English Literature and Translation at the University of Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Baptist University until her retirement in 2004. She has translated works of a number of local authors, including Leung Ping-Kwan (Ye Si) and Xiao Si into English. In 2009, she was awarded “Outstanding Translator Award” at the Eighteenth Hong Kong Stage Drama Awards by the Hong Kong Federation of Drama Societies.
Editor
Name:
CHEUNG, Martha Pui-yiu 張佩瑤
Birthplace:
Hong Kong
Editor Biography:
Born in Hong Kong in 1953, Cheung taught at a number of universities, specialising in Literature and Translation Studies. Her translations of Chinese literature into English include Han Shaogong’s Homecoming? and numerous works of Hong Kong poets such as Leung Ping Kwan. She also co-edited anthologies including An Oxford Anthology of Contemporary Chinese Drama and Hong Kong Collage: Contemporary Stories and Writing.
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Source Text Reference:
收入《香港文學》第24期，1986年12月5日，頁17-18。
Published Date of Source Text:
1986