Zhou Shoujuan 周瘦鵑 (30 June 1895 – 11 August 1968), born Zhou Zufu,
courtesy name
A courtesy name (), also known as a style name, is a name bestowed upon one at adulthood in addition to one's given name. This practice is a tradition in the East Asian cultural sphere, including China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam.Ulrich Theobald ...
Guoxian, also known by his English name Eric Chow, was a Chinese novelist, screenwriter, literary editor, and English–to-Chinese literary translator.
Career
From 1911 to 1947, as a translator, Zhou has translated around 200 short stories from English into the Chinese language. Zhou has introduced the works of
Daniel Defoe
Daniel Defoe (; born Daniel Foe; – 24 April 1731) was an English writer, trader, journalist, pamphleteer and spy. He is most famous for his novel ''Robinson Crusoe'', published in 1719, which is claimed to be second only to the Bible in its ...
,
Charles Dickens
Charles John Huffam Dickens (; 7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian e ...
,
Mark Twain
Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer. He was praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has p ...
,
Washington Irving
Washington Irving (April 3, 1783 – November 28, 1859) was an American short-story writer, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat of the early 19th century. He is best known for his short stories "Rip Van Winkle" (1819) and " The Legen ...
,
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Harriet Elisabeth Beecher Stowe (; June 14, 1811 – July 1, 1896) was an American author and abolitionist. She came from the religious Beecher family and became best known for her novel ''Uncle Tom's Cabin'' (1852), which depicts the harsh ...
and many others to Chinese readers.
In September 1913, Zhou was the editor of Unfettered Talk, a supplement of Shenbao.
Zhou wrote hundreds of stories and some film scripts.
As an editor, Zhou edited magazines including "Weekly" weekly magazine, Dadong Bookstore "Half Moon" magazine (later renamed "Violet" and "New Family"), "Purple Orchid", and "
Liangyou pictorial".
Personal life
During the Chinese
Cultural Revolution
The Cultural Revolution, formally known as the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, was a sociopolitical movement in the People's Republic of China (PRC) launched by Mao Zedong in 1966, and lasting until his death in 1976. Its stated goal ...
and on August 11, 1968, Zhou committed suicide by jumping into a well hours after a
struggle session
Denunciation rallies, also called struggle sessions, were violent public spectacles in Maoist China where people accused of being "class enemies" were publicly humiliated, accused, beaten and tortured by people with whom they were close. Usually ...
against him.
Works translated into English
Filmography
Zhou Shoujuan wrote the screenplays for these films:
See also
*
Mandarin Ducks and Butterflies The Mandarin Ducks and Butterflies school (鴛鴦蝴蝶派) was a popular genre of Chinese fiction in the first half of the 20th century, especially in the 1920s. Mandarin ducks (which are frequently seen in pairs) and butterflies (from ''Butterfly ...
References
External links
Chan Li's analysis at jiaotongbakercentre.org
{{Authority control
1895 births
1968 suicides
1968 deaths
Writers from Suzhou
Suicides during the Cultural Revolution
Screenwriters from Jiangsu
Chinese male short story writers
20th-century Chinese writers
Literary editors
English–Chinese translators
Literary translators
20th-century Chinese translators
20th-century Chinese short story writers
Short story writers from Jiangsu
20th-century screenwriters
Suicides by jumping in China
Suicides in the People's Republic of China