Gao Mang
Gao Mang (1926 – 6 October 2017) also known by his pen name Wulanhan, was a Chinese translator and painter who had been honored by the governments of both Russia and China. He was one of the main translators of the works of the Russian poets Alexander Pushkin, Ivan Bunin, Mikhail Lermontov and Anna Akhmatova into Chinese. His translation of Anna Akhmatova's Requiem had won the Russian-Chinese Translator Prize in 2013.
Also recorded as Wulanhan
Gao Mang
- Name
- Gao Mang
- Born
- 1926
- Birthplace
- Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
- Died
- 6 October 2017
- Place of death
- China
- Occupation
- Translator, painter
- Education
- YMCA of Harbin
- Nationality
- People's Republic of China
- Honours
- Order of Friendship · Lifetime Achievement Award in Translation · Honorary Member of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences · Order of Merit (Ukraine) and 3rd class
- Languages
- Chinese · Russian · Belarusian
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Gao Mang (1926 – 6 October 2017) also known by his pen name Wulanhan, was a Chinese translator and painter who had been honored by the governments of both Russia and China. He was one of the main translators of the works of the Russian poets Alexander Pushkin, Ivan Bunin, Mikhail Lermontov and Anna Akhmatova into Chinese. His translation of Anna Akhmatova's Requiem had won the Russian-Chinese Translator Prize in 2013.
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Gao Mang (1926–2017) was a Chinese painter, scientist and translator, among other activities. Born in Harbin, the painter died in Beijing. Gao Mang worked for Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.
Languages used include Belarusian, Chinese and Russian. The painter received Lifetime Achievement Award in Translation, Order of Friendship and Order of Merit (Ukraine), 3rd class.
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The recorded working language is Chinese, Russian and Belarusian. Employment is recorded with Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. Distinctions recorded are Order of Friendship, Lifetime Achievement Award in Translation, Honorary Member of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and Order of Merit (Ukraine), 3rd class.
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• Name — Gao Mang • Native Name — 高莽 • Pen Name — Wulanhan (zh-Hans-CN) • Born — 1926 • Birthplace — Harbin, Heilongjiang, China • Died — 6 October 2017 • Place of death — China • Occupation — Translator, painter • Language — Chinese, Russian • Education — YMCA of Harbin • Period — 1943–2017 • Genre — Novel, poetry • Notable Works — Poetry of Pushkin Gao Mang (1926 – 6 October 2017) also known by his pen name Wulanhan, was a Chinese translator and painter who had been honored by the governments of both Russia and China. He was one of the main translators of the works of the Russian poets Alexander Pushkin, Ivan Bunin, Mikhail Lermontov and Anna Akhmatova into Chinese. His translation of Anna Akhmatova's Requiem had won the Russian-Chinese Translator Prize in 2013.
Biography
Biography
Gao was born in Harbin, Heilongjiang in 1926, his mother was an illiterate in the old society. Gao primarily studied at a Russian school and he was a graduate of the YMCA of Harbin. After graduation, Gao started to publish works in 1943. Gao worked in the Harbin Sino-Soviet Friendship Association as an editor and translator. After the founding of the Communist State, Gao worked in Beijing Sino-Soviet Friendship Association in 1954, at the same year, he joined the China Writers Association. In 1964, Gao was transferred to the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, he retired in 1989. Gao received an honorary doctorate degree from the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Works
Works
• Russian Literature and Me (zh-Hans-CN) • How Long It is Since We Last Met, Moscow (zh-Hans-CN) • Kulimu (zh-Hans-CN) • Trip to Shengshan (zh-Hans-CN) • Essays of Russian Art (zh-Hans-CN) • Essays of Life (zh-Hans-CN) • Mohen (zh-Hans-CN)
Translations
Translations
• Poetry of Pushkin (Alexander Pushkin) (zh-Hans-CN) • Desolation Angels (Jack Kerouac) (zh-Hans-CN) • Poetry of Lermontov (Mikhail Lermontov) (zh-Hans-CN) • Poetry of Bunin (Ivan Bunin) (zh-Hans-CN) • Poetry of Anna Akhmatova (Anna Akhmatova) (zh-Hans-CN) • The Bug (Vladimir Mayakovsky) (zh-Hans-CN) • The Bath (Vladimir Mayakovsky) (zh-Hans-CN) • Early life of Carl Marx (zh-Hans-CN)
Identity
Identity
Gao Mang is recorded with the occupation translator. Recorded with the occupation scientist. Recorded with the occupation painter. Recorded with the occupation writer. Recorded as having received Order of Friendship, Lifetime Achievement Award in Translation and Honorary Member of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.
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1926
Gao Mang was born on 1 October 1926.
2017
Gao Mang died on 6 October 2017.
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Awards
Gao was honored the Medal of the Friendship between China and Russia in 1997, he received the Medal of Friendly Relationship between China and Russia and the Medal of Friendly Relationship between Russia and China in 1999. Gao won the Russian-Chinese Translator Prize for translating Anna Akhmatova's Requiem in 2013.
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- 1.我国著名翻译家、作家、画家高莽先生逝世 - 文成新闻网(手机版).
- 2.俄语翻译界泰斗高莽逝世 曾翻译《安魂曲》等多部名作 - 手机新民网.
- 3.chinawriter.com.cn. 2012.
- 4.Hexun.com. 2013.
- 5.ynet.com. 2013.
- 6.Four translators received TAC's Lifetime Achievement Award in Translation. TAC. 2014.
- 7.Henan Culture and Art Publishing House. 2007-03-01. 9787806237335.
- 8.China Literary Federation Press. 2008-11-01. 9787505961074.
- 9.North Literature & Art Publishing House. 2008-09-01. 9787531722854.
- 10.People's Literature Publishing House. 2003-01-01. 9787020071340.
- 11.Chongqing Publishing House. 2008-01-01. 9787536691902.
- 12.Ifeng. 2013.
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The authorities additionally record the heading Wulanhan. His recorded languages were Chinese, Russian, Belarusian and Ukrainian. Mang received Order of Friendship, Lifetime Achievement Award in Translation, Honorary Member of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and Order of Merit (Ukraine), 3rd class.
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