Tong Daoming

Tong Daoming (; 1937 – 27 June 2019) was a Chinese literary scholar, translator, and playwright, known for his research and translation of the works of the Russian playwright Anton Chekhov. He wrote 13 plays and won the Golden Lion Award, China's highest honour in drama, in 2012.

Life and career Tong was born in 1937 in Jiangyin, Jiangsu, Republic of China. In 1956, he went to the Soviet Union to study language and literature at Moscow State University. His thesis, On the Symbol of Realism in Chekhov’s Theatre,

In 1962, Tong published on the Wenhui Bao China's first published analysis of the works of German playwright Bertolt Brecht. A major characteristic of his plays is the lack of antagonists, which Tong attributed to the influence of Chekhov.

Death On 25 June 2019, Tong fell ill and was hospitalized at the China-Japan Friendship Hospital in Beijing. He died two days later at the age of 82.