Feng Zhi (Chinese: 馮至; pinyin: Féng Zhì; Wade–Giles: Feng Chih; 17 September 1905 – 22 February 1993) was a Chinese writer and translator. He was also the director and then honorary director of the Institute of Foreign Literature, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences since 1964.[1]

Feng Zhi
Born(1905-09-17)17 September 1905
Zhuozhou, Qing China
Died22 February 1993(1993-02-22) (aged 87)
Beijing, China
LanguageMandarin
Alma materPeking University
Heidelberg University
Notable awardsGoethe Medal

Feng published several collections of poems, including Songs of Yesterday and Northern Journey and Other Poems, in his early life.[1] Then he went to Germany and introduced the poetry of Rilke, Goethe, Heine, along with Novalis afterwards, thus he was bestowed Goethe Medal in the 1980s. He was also a scholar of Du Fu.[2]

References edit

  1. ^ a b 中国大百科全书(第二版) [Encyclopedia of China (2nd Edition)] (in Chinese). Vol. 6. Encyclopedia of China Publishing House. 2009. pp. 578–9. ISBN 978-7-500-07958-3.
  2. ^ Chang, Kang-i Sun (2010). The Cambridge History of Chinese Literature, Volume II: From 1375. Cambridge University Press. p. 541. ISBN 978-0-521-85559-4.