Lin Shaohua

Lin Shaohua is a Chinese translator and author. He is a translator in China who translated the works of Haruki Murakami's into Chinese language.

Biography

Lin was born in Jiutai, Jilin, with his ancestral home in Penglai, Shandong. After meddle school, he worked in the countryside as a farmer before the Cultural Revolution. He received his MA degree from Jilin University in 1982, majoring in Japanese language.
From 1982 to 1993, Lin taught Japanese language in Jinan University with his wife, and during 1993 to 1996, Lin taught in Nagasaki Prefectural University. In 1999, Lin was transferred from Xiamen to Qingdao where he was appointed as a professor.

Works

Translations

Hear the Wind Sing Pinball, 1973 A Wild Sheep Chase Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World Norwegian Wood Dance Dance Dance South of the Border, West of the Sun The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle Sputnik Sweetheart Kafka on the Shore After Dark A Slow Boat to China Firefly The Elephant Vanishes The Silence Kokoro Rashomon The Temple of the Golden Pavilion The Sound of Waves The Decay of the Angel The Road of Socrates in Love The Dancing Girl of Izu Snow Country

Proses

The Beauty of the Fallen Flowers Nostalgia and Conscience