Ma Zhencheng

Ma Zhencheng (; March 1934 – 17 November 2025) was a Chinese translator. He is the first person in China to translate The Little Prince, and was also praised as the best translator of The Little Prince. He also translated some of the works of the French novelists Michel de Montaigne, Milan Kundera, André Gide, and Marguerite Duras into Chinese.

Life and career Ma was born in Shanghai in March 1934. He graduated from Nanjing University, where he majored in French language and literature. After university, he taught at Beijing Institute of Light Industry (now Beijing Technology and Business University).

Ma died on 17 November 2025, at the age of 91.

Translations Montaigne essays Complete Works (3 volumes) The Little Prince The Song of Roland Slowness The Festival of Insignificance Wonderful Events on Beautiful Valley Street La Symphonie pastorale Strait is the Gate Limonov

Truck Tarquinian Pony Noanoa Witch: Satan's Lover Skota's Sun

Awards Limonov (Emmanuel Carrère) - Fu Lei Prize for Translation and Publishing, 2017.