Liu Banjiu

• Name — Liu Banjiu • Native Name — 刘半九 • Pen Name — Lüyuan (绿原) • Birth Name — Liu Renfu (刘仁甫) • Born — 8 November 1922 • Birthplace — Huangpi District, Hubei, China • Died — 29 September 2009 • Place of death — Beijing, China • Occupation — Translator, poet • Language — Chinese, English, German language • Education — Fudan University • Period — 1942–2009 • Genre — Poetry • Notable Works — It's A New Starting Point Faust The Biography of Hegel • Awards — The Struga International Poetry Festival – Gold Wreath Award (1998) International Poets Pen Club – Gold Award (2003)

Liu was born in Huangpi District of Wuhan city, Hubei in November 1922. Liu graduated from Fudan University in 1944, where he majored in foreign languages. After graduation, he worked as an English teacher in Sichuan and Wuhan. Liu started to publish poetry in 1941. Liu joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in 1949. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Liu worked as an editor in the CCP Propaganda Department. In 1955, Liu suffered political persecution in the counter-revolutionary case of Hu Feng, at the same time, he learned German language by himself. In 1962, Liu worked in the People's Literature Publishing House as an editor. Liu retired in 1988. Liu died in Beijing, on September 29, 2009, at the age 87.

• It's A New Starting Point • The Human's Poem • Another Song

• Lihuncao • Feihuafeiwu

• Essays of Schopenhauer • The Biography of Hegel • Faust • Max und Moritz