Xie Sutai | |
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Native name | 谢素台 |
Born | Hebei, China | November , 1925
Died | July 10, 2010 Beijing, China | (aged 84)
Occupation | Translator |
Language | Chinese, Russian, English |
Alma mater | Tsinghua University |
Period | 1950–2010 |
Genre | Novel |
Notable works | Anna Karenina |
Xie Sutai ( simplified Chinese: 谢素台; traditional Chinese: 謝素臺; pinyin: Xiè Sùtái; November 1925 – 18 July 2010) was a Chinese translator. [1] [2]
She was most notable for being one of the main translators of the works of the Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy into Chinese. [3] [4]
Xie was born in Hebei in November 1925. [1]
Xie was accepted to Southwest United University in 1945, where she majored in the Department of Foreign languages. [1]
After the Chinese Civil War, Xie was transferred to Tsinghua University. After graduating in 1949, she was appointed an editor to the People's Literature Publishing House. [1]
Xie started to publish works in 1950 and she joined the China Writers Association in 1984.
Xie died of pneumonia on July 18, 2010, at Chaoyang Hospital (朝阳医院) in Beijing.