WJF Jenner
William (Bill) John Francis Jenner (chin. 詹纳 尓; * 1940 ) is an English sinologist , specialist in Chinese history and culture and translator of Chinese literature .
biography
Jenner studied Chinese in Oxford from 1958 to 1962 and wrote his dissertation on the history of Luoyang in the 5th and 6th centuries.
From 1963 to 1965 Jenner worked as a translator at the publishing house for foreign language literature in Beijing . There was u. a. From Emperor to Citizen (Vol. 1 1964, Vol. 2 1965; later editions in one volume, including one from Oxford University Press), a translation of the " autobiography " of the last Emperor of China, Puyi . He began with a translation of the novel Journey to the West .
From 1965 Jenner taught at the University of Leeds , the Australian National University and the University of East Anglia .
From 1979 to 1985 Jenner always returned to China in the summer to work on the translation of the Journey to the West and other works - u. a. by Lu Xun - to work.
His most recent project is a two-volume history of China from the Stone Age to the present day.
Jenner has two daughters and one son.
Selection of works
Translations
- Wu Cheng'en : Journey to the West . Foreign Language Literature Publishing House, Beijing
- Lu Xun: Selected Poems . Foreign Language Literature Publishing House, Beijing 1982.
- Ding Ling : Miss Sophie's Diary and Other Stories . Panda Books / Chinese Literature Press, Beijing 1985.
- Modern Chinese Stories . Oxford University Press 1970; with Gladys Yang .
- Chinese Lives. An Oral History of Contemporary China . Pantheon, New York 1987; with Delia Davin and Cheng Lingfang.
- From Emperor to Citizen. The Autobiography of Aisin-Gioro Pu Yi . Oxford University Press 1987 / Foreign Language Literature Publishing House, Beijing 1989.
- Zhang Leping: Adventures of Sanmao the Orphan . Joint Publications, Hong Kong 1981; with CM Chan.
Monographs
- Memories of Loyang. Yang Hsüan-chih and the Lost Capital, 493-534 . Clarendon Press, Oxford / Oxford University Press, New York 1981.
- The Tyranny of History. The Roots of China's Crisis . Penguin, London 1992. German edition: China's long way into the crisis. The tyranny of history . Stuttgart 1993.
- A Knife in My Ribs for a Mate. Reflections on Another Chinese Tradition . Australian National University, Canberra 1993.
items
- 1979: A New Start for Literature in China? China Quarterly 86, Cambridge University Press / School of Oriental and African Studies , June 1981, pp. 274-303.
- Race and History in China New Left Review 11, September / October 2001.
- Introduction to Mao's “Letter to Comrade Lin Piao” New Left Review 1.65, January / February 1971.
- The New Chinese Revolution New Left Review 1.53, January / February 1969.
- History in the Manufacture New Left Review 1.41, January / February 1967.
- China Today New Left Review 1.17, winter 1962.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jenner, WJF |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Jenner, William John Francis; Jenner, Bill; 詹纳 尓 (Chinese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English sinologist, specialist in Chinese history and culture and translator of Chinese literature |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1940 |