Xiang Xingyao


Xiang Xingyao was a Chinese translator and associate professor at Fujian Normal University. He was one of the main translators of the works of the Russian writer Alexander Herzen into Chinese. Some of his English translations were published by People's Literature Publishing House.

Biography

Xiang was born in Suzhou, Jiangsu, in 1924. After the establishment of the Communist State, he taught at East China Normal University in Shanghai.
In October 1969, he was sent to the May Seventh Cadre Schools to do farm works in Xinan Commune of Xiapu County, Fujian Province. After the Cultural Revolution, he taught at Fujian Normal University.
He died of intestinal cancer on October 28, 1997.

Personal life

Xiang married Xing Guifen, who was an actress at Fanghua Yue Opera Troupe.

Translations

My Past and Thoughts Middlemarch The Portrait of a Lady