About Wang Huansheng
Born 1939. Wang Huansheng is a Chinese translator.
Wang Huansheng (; born 1939) is a Chinese translator. He writes in English, Classical Greek, Latin and Russian. Wang was a researcher of the Chinese Academy of Social Science and is a member of the China Writers Association.
Wang is among the first few in China who translated the Homeric Hymns from Classical Greek into the Chinese language.
Biography Wang was born in 1939. He entered Beijing Foreign Studies University in 1959, majoring in Russian language. Iliad Odyssey Elegiae Meditations
Awards Iliad and Odyssey – 4th National Book Award (1999) Odyssey – 2nd Lu Xun Literature Prize for Translation (2001)
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Chinese translator
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Wang Huansheng was born in 1939 in Nantong.
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Wang Huansheng is a translator.
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