A final farewell to Chinese masters
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ang Jiang (1911-2016)
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Yang Jiang, famous Chinese playwright, writer and translator. [File photo] |
Famous Chinese playwright, writer and translator Yang Jiang, the widow of Chinese literary giant Qian Zhongshu, died on May 25 in Beijing. She was 105. Yang wrote several successful comedies, one of which, "As You Wish It", has been shown on the stage for more than 60 years. She was the first Chinese person to translate a complete Chinese version of "Don Quixote" from the Spanish original, which had sold more than 700,000 copies in China by 2014. (Read more)