Fu Lei

Fu Lei (Fou Lei)
Fu Lei and Zhu Meifu
Born (1908-04-07)7 April 1908
Nanhui County, Jiangsu, Qing China
Died 3 September 1966(1966-09-03) (aged 58)
Shanghai, People's Republic of China
Cause of death Suicide by hanging
Alma mater St. Ignatius High School
University of Paris
Spouse(s) Zhu Meifu (朱梅馥, m.1932)
Children Fou Ts'ong (b. 1934)
Fou Min (b. 1937)
Parent(s) Fu Peng (d.1912)
Li Yuzhen (d. 1933)

Fu Lei (Fou Lei; Chinese: 傅雷; courtesy name Nu'an 怒安, pseudonym Nu'an 怒庵; 1908–1966), with his renowned rendition of Balzac and Romain Rolland, was one of China's most respected translators of French literature.

Born in Nanhui, today a district of Shanghai, Fu Lei was raised by his mother. Between 1928 and 1931 he read literature and art history in Paris, befriending, amongst others, Jacques Maritain and Jean Daniélou.[1] Between 1932 and 1934 he taught art history at Shanghai Art Academy. An occasional critic and curator, for the most part of his working life, Fu Lei translated full-time.[2]

In 1958 Fu Lei was labelled a rightist in the Anti-Rightist Movement. In 1966, at the beginning of the Cultural Revolution, he and his wife Zhu Meifu committed suicide. His letters to his son, the pianist Fou Ts'ong, were published in 1981.

Fu's family

  • Elder son: Fou Ts'ong (傅聰)
  • Younger son: Fou Min (傅敏)
  • Father-in-law: Zhu Hong
  • Mother-in-law: Yang Xiuquan
  • Wife: Zhu Meifu (朱梅馥), born on 20 February 1913, died on 3 September 1966(1966-09-03) (aged 53)

Selected works

Translations

Letters

  • Fu Lei's family letters (Chinese:傅雷家书)

Legacy

The Fu Lei Translation and Publishing Award was created in 2009 by the French Embassy in China to reward the works of Chinese translators and publishers translated from French publications.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Mingyuan Hu: Fou Lei: An Insistence on Truth (Leiden: Brill, 2017), chapters 2-6, for Fu Lei's Parisian milieu and his intellectual formation in Europe.
  2. ↑ Claire Roberts, Friendship in Art: Fou Lei and Huang Binhong (Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 2010), for Fu Lei as an art critic and curator, and his friendship with Huang Binhong. Mingyuan Hu: Fou Lei: An Insistence on Truth (Leiden: Brill, 2017), chapters 7-8, for Fu Lei as an art and literary critic, political commentator, translator, letter writer, and his friendship with Étiemble.
  3. ↑ Fu Lei translation awards announce 10 finalists By Li Wenrui | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2017-11-03. http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/culture/2017-11/03/content_34072734.htm Retrieved 9 April 2018

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