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Tong Daoming

1937 – 2019

Chinese literary scholar, translator, and playwright

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Lived 1937 – 2019 (aged 81–82). Tong Daoming was a Chinese translator, writer and playwright.

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.

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Born
1937, Yangshe Town
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Education
Lomonosov Moscow State University

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Who was Tong Daoming?

Chinese literary scholar, translator, and playwright

When was Tong Daoming born?

Tong Daoming was born in 1937 in Yangshe Town.

When did Tong Daoming die?

Tong Daoming died on 27 June 2019 in Beijing.

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Tong Daoming was a translator, writer and playwright.

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Tong Daoming was Chinese.

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· Wikipedia: Tong Daoming

· Wikidata: Q64853598

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