Tian Dawei | |
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Native name | 田大畏 |
Born | August 1931 Beijing, China |
Died | June 12, 2013 China | (aged 81)
Occupation | Translator |
Language | Chinese, Russian |
Alma mater | North China University of Technology |
Period | 1950–2000 |
Genre | Novel |
Notable works | The Gulag Archipelago |
Relatives | Tian Han (father) An E (mother) |
Tian Dawei (Chinese: 田大畏; pinyin: Tián Dàwèi; August 1931 – 12 June 2013) was a Chinese translator and official. He served as vice president of the National Library of China, and was an official in the Ministry of Culture of the People's Republic of China.[1]
Tian was among the first in China who translated some works of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn into Chinese.[2]