Translated Work
尺素寸心
Title:
Thus Friends Absent Speak
Genre:
Essay
Page Numbers:
678 - 681
First Publication Date:
1995
Publisher:
Columbia University Press
Language:
Monolingual (English)
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Author
Name:
YU, Kwang-chung 余光中
Alternate Name:
YU, Kwang-chung
Year of Birth:
1928
Birthplace:
Nanjing, China
Gender:
Male
Biography:
Born in Nanjing in 1928, Yu fled to Taiwan in 1949 and received university education there. After publishing his first poetry collection in 1952, he co-founded a poetry society with other young authors and went to the United States in 1958. He arrived in Hong Kong in 1974 and joined The Chinese University of Hong Kong, where he nurtured aspiring writers and produced many of his best-known works.
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Translator
Name:
POLLARD, David 卜立德
Gender:
Male
Translator Biography:
Pollard served as Professor of Chinese at the University of London from 1978 to 1988 and Professor of Translation at The Chinese University of Hong Kong from 1988 to 1997. He has written extensively on modern Chinese language and literature as well as on aspects of translation. Among his translations are The True Story of Lu Xun and Zhou Zuoren: Selected Essays.
Editor
Name:
LAU, Joseph Shiu-ming 劉紹銘
Birthplace:
Hong Kong
Editor Biography:
Born in Hong Kong in 1934, Lau went to Taiwan and the United States for his postgraduate studies in literature. He taught at a number of universities in Hong Kong, Singapore and the United States. His publications include 《吃馬鈴薯的日子》 [Days of Eating Potatoes] which records his student life in the United States.
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Name:
GOLDBLATT, Howard 葛浩文
Birthplace:
United States
Editor Biography:
Goldblatt was Research Professor of Chinese at the University of Notre Dame from 2002 to 2011, and is a prolific translator of modern Chinese fiction, renowned for his translations of the Nobel Laureate Mo Yan, among others. He is the founding editor of the periodical Modern Chinese Literature.
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Source Text Reference:
收入《青青邊愁》(1977)，頁57-60。
Published Date of Source Text:
1977