Sun Shengwu
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孙绳武
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| Born | 1917 Yanshi, Henan, China | ||||||
| Died | June 9, 2014(2014-06-09) (aged 96–97) Beijing, China | ||||||
| Resting place | Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery | ||||||
| Pen name | Sun Wei | ||||||
| Occupation | Editor, translator | ||||||
| Language | Chinese, Russian | ||||||
| Alma mater | Northwest University Counter-Japanese Military and Political University | ||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 孫繩武 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 孙绳武 | ||||||
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Sun Shengwu (Chinese: 孙绳武; 1917 – 9 June 2014), also known as Sun Wei (孙玮), was a Chinese translator and editor.[1]
Sun was born in Yanshi, Henan, China in 1917. In 1942 he graduated from Northwest University, where he majored in the Russian language. In 1949 he joined the Time Publishing House as an editor. He was transferred to the People's Literature Publishing House in 1953, where he successively worked as Director of Foreign Editorial Office and Deputy Editor-In-Chief. He joined the Chinese Communist Party in 1960. He founded the Foreign Literature. He retired in April 1987. He died in Beijing on June 6, 2014. He was buried in Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery.[2]
