Li Jianwu

Li Jianwu (; 17 August 1906 - 24 November 1982) was a Chinese author, dramatist and translator who was the president of French Literature Research Council. Li was an officer of the Chinese State Council and a member of National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. He translated the works of the French novelists Gustave Flaubert and Stendhal into Chinese.

Biography Li was born in 1906 in Yuncheng County, Shanxi, his father, Li Mingfeng , was a warlord of Qing Empire. After the downfall of Yuan Shikai Administration, Li's family moved to Beijing, where he studied at Beijing Normal University's Elementary School. At the age of 13, his father was killed by Anhui clique General Chen Shufan. Li went on to attend the High School Affiliated to Beijing Normal University in 1921, at the same time, he started to publish works, and made the acquaintance of Wang Tongzhao . Italian Chroniques (Stendhal) Armance (Stendhal) The Red and the Black (Stendhal) Lucien Leuwen (Stendhal) The Charterhouse of Parma (Stendhal)