Leonid Evseevich Cherkassky ( June 2, 1925 , Cherkasy - October 18, 2003 , Raanana ( Israel )) - critic, literary critic, sinologist , poet-translator, doctor of philology.
| Leonid Evseevich Cherkassky | |
|---|---|
 Book cover photo “ Fiery haze. Chinese poetry ", 1997 | |
| Date of Birth | June 2, 1925 |
| Place of Birth | Cherkasy , USSR |
| Date of death | October 18, 2003 (78 years old) |
| A place of death | Raanana |
| Citizenship |  USSR  Israel |
| Occupation | literary critic, poet-translator, critic, publicist |
| Direction | chinese literature |
| Language of Works | |
Biography
In 1951 he graduated from the Eastern Department of the Military Institute of Foreign Languages . In 1965-1966 Internship at Peking University .
In 1960-1992 employee of the Institute of Oriental Studies, USSR Academy of Sciences . Last position - head of sector.
In 1971 he defended his doctoral dissertation on new Chinese poetry. In 1960-1980 remained almost the only translator of contemporary poetry of the PRC .
In 1992 he moved to Israel . He worked at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem .
He was a member of the Union of Writers of the USSR , the Federation of Unions of Writers of Israel and the international Pen Club .
He is the author of seven books of literary and historical prose and many articles on the problems of history and theory of Chinese literature , the interconnections of national literatures, the theory and practice of literary translation . Compiled and edited a number of translated editions of poetry of the East. He published 15 collections of translations of Chinese classical and modern poetry and prose. In 2001, a book of memoirs was published in Jerusalem .
Bibliography
- Poetry Cao Zhi. - M., 1963.
- Rainy Alley. Poetry collection. Chinese lyrics of the 20-30s. - M.: Science 1969.
- New Chinese poetry. - M., The main edition of the eastern literature of the publishing house "Science", 1972.
- Cao Zhi. Seven sorrows / Per. with a whale. L. Cherkassky. - M.: Fiction, 1973.
- Fifth guard. Chinese lyrics in the 30s and 40s. - M .: Nauka, 1975.
- Mayakovsky in China. - M., Science, 1976.
- The taste of chrysanthemum: Poems of modern Japanese poets / Per. from Japanese and comp. A. I. Mamonova; Repl. ed. L.E. Cherkassky. - M.: Science, 1976.
- Forty poets. Chinese lyrics of the 20s and 40s. - M.: Science, 1978.
- Chinese poetry of the war years. (1937-1949). - M.: Science, 1980.
- Chinese Poetry: Collection / Transl. L. Cherkassky; Repl. ed. N.T. Fedorenko . - M.: Science, 1982.
- Difficult Sichuan trails: From China. poetry of the 50s and 80s. Collection / Transl. with a whale. L. Cherkassky; (Intro. Art. N. Fedorenko). - M.: Rainbow, 1983.
- Oriental motifs: Poems and poems. Collection / Comp. L.E. Cherkassky, V.S. Muravyev ; After V.V. Ivanova . - M .: Science ,. 1985.
- Difficult Sichuan trails: From China. poetry of the 50s and 80s. / Per. with a whale. L. Cherkassky; (Ed. A.A. Fayngar; Foreword. N. Fedorenko). - M.: Rainbow, 1987.
- Russian Literature in the East: Theory and Practice of Translation. - M .: Science ,. 1987.
- Poets of the East: Collection: Translations of M. Kurgantsev / Otv. ed. L.E. Cherkassky; The artist. N.A. Abakumov. - M.: Science, 1988.
- Searching for the coveted star: Whale. poetry of the first half of the XX century. Comp., Entry. Art., notes on the author. and note. L.E. Cherkassky. - M.: Hudozh. lit., 1988. ISBN 5280003700
- Pushkin's works in China. Creativity of Pushkin and the foreign East. - M., 1991.
- Ai Qing is a subject of the sun. The book is about the poet. - M., Science. Ed. company "East. lit.", 1993.
- Poems about a beautiful lady and about one gentleman (together with L. Dymova ) - Jerusalem, 1996.
- Fiery haze. Chinese poetry. - Jerusalem, Jerusalem Publishing Center, 1997. ISBN 965-7016-48-7
- I’ll calm my soul near the root. Monologues of an orientalist. - Jerusalem, 2001. ISBN 965-7094-37-2
Links
- L.E. Cherkassky on the website "Century of Translation"
- L.E. Cherkassky on the site of Arkady Burshtein