Liu Banjiu

In this Chinese name, the family name is Liu.

Liu Banjiu (simplified Chinese: 刘半九; traditional Chinese: 劉半九; pinyin: Liú Bànjiǔ; 8 November 1922 – 29 September 2009), also known by his pen name Lǜyuán (Chinese: 绿原) was a Chinese translator and poet.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Liu Banjiu
Native name	刘半九
Born	Liu Renfu (刘仁甫) (1922-11-08)November 8, 1922 Huangpi District, Hubei, China
Died	September 29, 2009(2009-09-29) (aged 86) Beijing, China
Pen name	Lüyuan (绿原)
Occupation	Translator, poet
Language	Chinese, English, German language
Alma mater	Fudan University
Period	1942–2009
Genre	Poetry
Notable works	It's A New Starting Point Faust The Biography of Hegel
Notable awards	1998 Lu Xun Literary Prize Faust The Struga International Poetry Festival – Gold Wreath Award (1998) International Poets Pen Club – Gold Award (2003)

Life

Liu was born in Huangpi District of Wuhan city, Hubei in November 1922.^[1][2][4] Liu graduated from Fudan University in 1944, where he majored in foreign languages.^[1][2][4] After graduation, he worked as an English teacher in Sichuan and Wuhan.^[4]

Liu started to publish poetry in 1941. Liu joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in 1949.^[4]

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Liu worked as an editor in the CCP Propaganda Department.^[4]

In 1955, Liu suffered political persecution in the counter-revolutionary case of Hu Feng (Chinese: 胡风反革命集团案), at the same time, he learned German language by himself.^[1][2][4][6]

In 1962, Liu worked in the People's Literature Publishing House as an editor. Liu retired in 1988.^[4]

Liu died in Beijing, on September 29, 2009, at the age 87.^[4]

Works

Poetry

• It's A New Starting Point (Chinese: 又是一个起点)
• The Human's Poem (Chinese: 人之诗)
• Another Song (Chinese: 另一支歌)

Prose

• Lihuncao (Chinese: 离魂草)
• Feihuafeiwu (Chinese: 非花非雾集)

Translations

• Essays of Schopenhauer (Chinese: 叔本华散文集)
• The Biography of Hegel (Chinese: 黑格尔小传)
• Faust (Chinese: 浮士德)
• Max und Moritz (Chinese: in China: 顽童捣蛋记; published by Reclam in Germany: 马克斯和莫里茨)

Awards

• Faust – Lu Xun Literary Prize (1998)^[7]
• The Struga International Poetry Festival – Gold Wreath Award (1998)^[8]
• International Poets Pen Club – Gold Award (2003)^[7]
• Translators Association of China – Competent Translator (2004)^[7]