Yang, the first to translate the Spanish classic Don Quixote into Chinese, remained prolific even late in life, publishing her last novel aged 103 By staff reporter Lu Yueling (Beijing) – Renowned writer, translator and playwright, Yang Jikang, better known by her penname Yang Jiang, died May 25 at a hospital in Beijing. She was 105. Her death was confirmed by her publisher, the People's Literature Publishing House, the Paper, a news website in Shanghai reported. Yang was an iconic literary figure in China known for her novels, plays, essays and translations. Yang was the first to produce a Chinese translation of the Spanish classic Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes. Her translations,...
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