Xu Leiran
Xu Leiran better known by her pen name Leiran. She was a Chinese female translator and a member of the China Writers Association.
Xu was most notable for being one of the main translators into Chinese of the works of the Russian novelists Ivan Turgenev and Alexander Alexandrovich Fadeyev.Biography
Xu was born Xu Yizeng in Shanghai in 1918.
Xu secondary studied at Zhongxi High School for Girls. Xu graduated from University of Shanghai and Saint John's University, Shanghai.
Xu started to publish works in 1941 and she worked in Times Publishing Company in 1944.
Xu joined the China Writers Association in 1949.
After the founding of the Communist State, Xu was transferred from Shanghai to Beijing where she was appointed an editor in the People's Literature Publishing House.
Xu died in Beijing in 2009.Works
Xu was married to her university friend Ye Shuifu, he also was a Chinese translator.
