- Liang Zongdai
Liang Zongdai (Chinese: 梁宗岱) (1903 - 1983) was a Chinese poet and translator. Born in
Xinhui ,Guangdong , he went toEurope to study western languages in 1924. His translation ofTao Qian 's poems into French was published by Lemarget, Paris in 1930, with a preface byPaul Valery who had received the young poet in his home back to 1926.He was one of the most popular "new poets", who write in
free verse , after theMay Fourth Movement in China. His most famous book is called "Poetry and Truth" (詩與真), a title he borrowed fromGoethe 's autobiography "Dichtung und Wahrheit", where the Chinese poet expresses his thoughts on poetry.He translated the poems of
Shakespeare , Blake,Rilke , and Valery, and some ofMontaigne 's essays, into Chinese. His translation of Goethe's "Faust" was destroyed during theCultural Revolution .He was prosecuted during the Cultural Revolution, and devoted the last part of his life to the study of Chinese medicine. He married thrice. His last wife was a player of
Cantonese opera , who wrote a little memoire recollecting her relationship with the poet.External links
* [http://zgrdxw.peopledaily.com.cn/big5/paper20/3/class002000004/hwz18985.htm A memoire] (in Chinese)
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