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Chen Bochui (陈伯吹) (1906–1997) was a famous Chinese writer and literary translator, particularly of children’s literature. He translated The Wizard of Oz, Don Quixote, and Heidi into Chinese. He left all of his savings to set up a children’s literature award, the Chen Bochui Children's Literature Award. He is known in China as the “Andersen of the East” and as one of the fathers of Chinese Modern Children's Literature.

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  • Chen Bochui (陈伯吹) (1906–1997) was a famous Chinese writer and literary translator, particularly of children’s literature. He translated The Wizard of Oz, Don Quixote, and Heidi into Chinese. He left all of his savings to set up a children’s literature award, the Chen Bochui Children's Literature Award. He is known in China as the “Andersen of the East” and as one of the fathers of Chinese Modern Children's Literature. Chen Bochui was born in Luodian, a small town in Baoshan, Jiangsu province. He began working as a school teacher in 1922, and in 1931 was editor of Children’s Magazine. He was also a journalist, a translator and writer of poetry and novels. After the Sino-Japanese War of 1937-1945, he began to focus on writing and translating children’s literature, and in 1946 he helped to establish the in Shanghai. After the founding of the People’s Republic of China, in 1949, he was Deputy Director of the Chinese Children’s Publishing House and Director of the Shanghai Children’s Publishing House. He was also a professor at Beijing Normal University, and a member of the Chinese Writers Association. In 1981, Chen Bochui donated his lifetime savings - 55,000 Chinese Yuan - to establish the “Children's Literature Gardener Award”, a yearly prize meant to encouraging the creation of children's literature in China. This award, in which lay the foundations of the present CICLA, rewarded most of the prominent Chinese children’s writers of the late 20th century. (en)
  • 陈伯吹（1906年－1997年），原名陈汝壎，曾用笔名夏雷，男，江苏宝山（今上海市宝山区）人，中国现代儿童文学作家、翻译家、出版家、教育家，是中国儿童文学的一代宗师。曾任中国作家协会理事、社长等。 (zh)
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  • 陈伯吹（1906年－1997年），原名陈汝壎，曾用笔名夏雷，男，江苏宝山（今上海市宝山区）人，中国现代儿童文学作家、翻译家、出版家、教育家，是中国儿童文学的一代宗师。曾任中国作家协会理事、社长等。 (zh)
  • Chen Bochui (陈伯吹) (1906–1997) was a famous Chinese writer and literary translator, particularly of children’s literature. He translated The Wizard of Oz, Don Quixote, and Heidi into Chinese. He left all of his savings to set up a children’s literature award, the Chen Bochui Children's Literature Award. He is known in China as the “Andersen of the East” and as one of the fathers of Chinese Modern Children's Literature. (en)
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  • Chen Bochui (en)
  • 陈伯吹 (zh)
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