Wen Jieruo

In this Chinese name, the family name is Wen.
Wen Jieruo
Native name
文洁若
BornWen Tongxin (文桐新)
July 1927 (age 97)
Beijing, China
OccupationEditor, translator, author
LanguageChinese, English, Japanese
Alma materTsinghua University
Period1950–present
GenreNovel
Notable worksThe Pillow Book
Ulysses
Notable awardsOrder of the Sacred Treasure (2002)
Spouse
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(m. 1954; died 1999)​
RelativesWen Zongshu (father)
Wan Peilan (mother)

Wen Jieruo (simplified Chinese: 文洁若; traditional Chinese: 文潔若; pinyin: Wén Jiéruò; born July 1927)[1] is a Chinese translator, author and editor.[2][3] She translated literature from English and Japanese to Chinese.[2][3] Wen is a member of China Writers Association and Chinese Translation Association. She is fluent in both English and Japanese.

For her contributions to the introduction of Japanese literature to foreign readers, she was honored with the Japanese Foreign Minister Recognition Award in 2000 and the Order of the Sacred Treasure in 2002.

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