Liu Banjiu

Liu Banjiu (8 November 1922 – 29 September 2009), also known by his pen name Lǜyuán was a Chinese translator and poet.

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

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

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

In 1955, Liu suffered political persecution in the counter-revolutionary case of Hu Feng, at the same time, he learned German language by himself.

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

Liu died in Beijing, on September 29, 2009, at the age 87.

Poetry

 * It's A New Starting Point
 * The Human's Poem
 * Another Song

Prose

 * Lihuncao
 * Feihuafeiwu

Translations

 * Essays of Schopenhauer
 * The Biography of Hegel
 * Faust
 * Max und Moritz

Awards

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