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Qian Zhongshu

1910 - 1998

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Qian Zhongshu (November 21, 1910 – December 19, 1998), also transliterated as Ch'ien Chung-shu or Dzien Tsoong-su, was a Chinese literary scholar and writer. He was known for his satirical novel Fortress Besieged; his erudite, rarefied nonfiction, distinguished by extensive, polyglot references to Chinese and Western history and literature; and his role in translating Mao Zedong’s writings into English. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Qian Zhongshu is the 3,250th most popular writer (down from 3,144th in 2019), the 737th most popular biography from China (up from 741st in 2019) and the 79th most popular Chinese Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Qian Zhongshu ranks 3,250 out of 7,302. Before him are Abu-l-'Atahiya, Henning Jakob Henrik Lund, Suzanne Curchod, Gaston Rébuffat, Eric Ambler, and Yasutaka Tsutsui. After him are Tudor Arghezi, Andrija Kačić Miošić, Rutka Laskier, Christopher Hampton, Robert Fisk, and Maria Dąbrowska.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, Qian Zhongshu ranks 168. Before him are Cyril Cusack, Attilio Pavesi, Ernst Schäfer, Hazi Aslanov, Jean Servais, and Patriarch Pimen I of Moscow. After him are Stanislaus Kobierski, Arturo Tolentino, Nathan Alterman, Pál Turán, Aldo Olivieri, and Wilfred Thesiger. Among people deceased in 1998, Qian Zhongshu ranks 143. Before him are Jean Leray, Hide, Nguyễn Văn Linh, Otto Wichterle, Theodor Oberländer, and Eric Ambler. After him are Louis Dumont, Joan Brossa, Samuel Eilenberg, Edwige Feuillère, Anatoly Rybakov, and Keisuke Kinoshita.

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In China

Among people born in China, Qian Zhongshu ranks 737 out of 1,610. Before him are Xie Lingyun (385), Li Siyuan (867), Chu Suiliang (597), Xu Qiliang (1950), Empress Wang (-8), and Emperor Xuanwu of Northern Wei (483). After him are Lien Chan (1936), Longchenpa (1308), Chen Boda (1904), Wu Zhen (1280), Shen Congwen (1902), and Dong Yuan (932).

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Among WRITERS In China

Among writers born in China, Qian Zhongshu ranks 79. Before him are Sima Tan (-165), Xu Zhimo (1897), François Cheng (1929), Wu Jingzi (1701), Consort Ban (-48), and Can Xue (1953). After him are Longchenpa (1308), Shen Congwen (1902), Xiao Hong (1911), Song Yu (-298), Chögyam Trungpa (1939), and Hwang Sok-yong (1943).

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