Ba Jin

Ba Jin
Ba Jin in 1938
Ba Jin in 1938
BornLi Yaotang[1] / Li Feigan[2]
(1904-11-25)25 November 1904
Chengdu, Sichuan, Qing dynasty, China
Died17 October 2005(2005-10-17) (aged 100)
Shanghai, People's Republic of China
Pen nameBa Jin
OccupationNovelist
Notable worksTurbulent Stream: The Family, Spring, and Autumn
Love Trilogy: Fog, Rain, and Lightning
Notable awards1983: Legion of Honour
1990: Fukuoka Prize (special prize)
Spouse
Xiao Shan
(m. 1936; died 1972)
[1]
ChildrenLi Xiaolin
Li Xiao
Ba Jin
Chinese巴金
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinBā Jīn
Wade–GilesPa1 Chin1
IPA[pá tɕín]
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationBāa Gām
JyutpingBaa1 Gam1
IPA[pa˥ kɐm˥]
Southern Min
Hokkien POJPa Kim
Alternative Chinese name
Traditional Chinese李堯棠
Simplified Chinese李尧棠
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinLǐ Yáotáng
Wade–GilesLi3 Yao2-t'ang2
IPA[lì jǎʊ tʰǎŋ]

Li Yaotang (simplified Chinese: 李尧棠; traditional Chinese: 李堯棠; pinyin: Lǐ Yáotáng; 25 November 1904 – 17 October 2005), better known by his pen name Ba Jin (Chinese: 巴金; pinyin: Bā Jīn) or his courtesy name Li Feigan (Chinese: 李芾甘; pinyin: Lǐ Fèigān), was a Chinese anarchist, translator, and writer. In addition to his impact on Chinese literature, he also wrote three original works in Esperanto,[3] and as a political activist he wrote The Family.

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference nytimes_obit_2005 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Gittings, John (18 October 2005). "Ba Jin (Obituary)". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 30 July 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  3. ^ Geoffrey Sutton, Concise Encyclopedia of the Original Literature of Esperanto Archived 2021-02-02 at the Wayback Machine, p. 180, Ed. Mondial, New York, ISBN 978-1-59569-090-6

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