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André Lévy (businessman)
André Lévy may refer to: * André Lévy (sinologist) André Lévy (; 24 November 1925 – 3 October 2017) was a French people, French sinologist. He was born in 1925 in Tianjin. He translated many Chinese works of fiction into French.Fogel, p. 160. Biography Levy was born in Tianjin, China, in 19 ... (1925–2017), French sinologist * * André Robert Lévy (1893–1973), World War I flying ace {{hndis, Levy, André ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
André Lévy (sinologist)
André Lévy (; 24 November 1925 – 3 October 2017) was a French sinologist. He was born in 1925 in Tianjin. He translated many Chinese works of fiction into French.Fogel, p. 160. Biography Levy was born in Tianjin, China, in 1925, the son of a family of watchmakers and jewellers, and grew up in the French concession in Tianjin. He married Anne-Marie Lévy, the Norwegian writer. Levy studied French and Sinology, Hindi and Sanskrit at the Sorbonne, and published numerous translations from the Chinese, including ''La pérégrination vers l'Ouest'' (Xiyou ji - Journey to the West) and ''Fleur en fiole d'or'' (Jin Ping Mei). In 1958, he was in charge of the EFEO in Hanoi for a while, before its closure. In 1959 he went to Kyoto, where he availed himself of the rich collections of Chinese literature at the Japon Jimbun Kagaku Kenkyûsho library. He left Kyoto in 1966, and went to Hong Kong, still as an EFEO researcher. In 1974 he received his doctorate in stories and spoken langua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |