Ye Weiqu (simplified Chinese: 叶渭渠; traditional Chinese: 葉渭渠; pinyin: Yè Wèiqú; 6 August 1929 – 11 December 2010) was a Chinese Vietnamese translator and scholar.
Ye was a visiting professor at Waseda University, Gakushuin University and Ritsumeikan University.
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Native name | 叶渭渠 |
Born | Cholon, French Indo-China | August 6, 1929
Died | December 11, 2010 Beijing, China | (aged 81)
Occupation | Translator, scholar, professor |
Language | Chinese, Japanese |
Alma mater | Peking University |
Period | 1955–2005 |
Genre | Novel |
Notable works | Snow Country Thousand Cranes |
He was among the first few in China who translated the works of Yasunari Kawabata's into Chinese language.
Ye was a Chinese Vietnamese born on Cholon, French Indo-China on August 6, 1929, with his ancestral home in Dongguan, Guangdong.
In 1952, Ye went to Beijing from Hong Kong, he graduated from Peking University, majoring in Japanese at the Department of East Language and Literature. After graduation, he was assigned an editor to the People's Literature Publishing House and Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.
In 1966, the Cultural Revolution was launched by Mao Zedong, Ye and his wife Tang Yuemei's whole collection of books was burned by the Red Guards, the couple were sent to the May Seventh Cadre Schools to work in Henan.
In 1976, Hua Guofeng and Ye Jianying toppled the Gang of Four, the couple were rehabilitated by Deng Xiaoping, at the same time, they started to study Japanese literature.
Ye died of heart disease at Chuiyangliu Hospital, in Beijing, on December 11, 2010.
In 1956, Ye married his middle school sweetheart Tang Yuemei, also a translator, in Beijing.
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