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Helen Wang
Helen Kay Wang (; ; born 1965) is an English sinologist and translator. She works as curator of East Asian Money at the British Museum in London. She has also published a number of literary translations from Chinese, including an award-winning translation of a Chinese children's book. Biography Wang has a BA in Chinese from SOAS University of London (1988, including a year at the Beijing Language Institute, 1984–1985). She has a PhD in archaeology from University College London, titled "Money on the Silk Road: the evidence from Eastern Central Asia to c. AD 800", 2002. In 1991 Wang joined the British Museum staff as an assistant to Joe Cribb in the Asian section of the Department of Coins and Medals. She became Curator of East Asian Money in 1993. Her work mostly relates to the collections for which she is responsible, collection history and development of the field, in particular East Asian numismatics, Silk Road Numismatics, Sir Aurel Stein and his collections, and text ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Medal Of The Royal Numismatic Society
The Medal of the Royal Numismatic Society was first awarded in 1883. It is awarded by the Royal Numismatic Society and is one of the highest markers of recognition given to numismatists. The president and Council award the medal annually to an "individual highly distinguished for services to Numismatic Science". In recent years the medallist has been invited to receive the medal in person and to give a lecture, usually at the society's December Meeting. Sir John Evans gave the dies for the original silver medal to the society in 1883. The current medal was commissioned from Ian Rank-Broadley in 1993 and is a cast silver medal with the classical theme of Heracles and the Nemean lion. The society commissioned Robert Elderton to create a new medal in 2020–21 List of medallists Recipients of the Medal of the Royal Numismatic Society and their lecture titles (where available) are given below.Further details about the individual medallists and their contributions to the field of nu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CREDENTIAL
A credential is a piece of any document that details a qualification, competence, or authority issued to an individual by a third party with a relevant or ''de facto'' authority or assumed competence to do so. Examples of credentials include academic diplomas, academic degrees, Professional certification, certifications, security clearances, Identity document, identification documents, badges, passwords, user names, key (lock), keys, power of attorney, powers of attorney, and so on. Sometimes publications, such as scientific papers or books, may be viewed as similar to credentials by some people, especially if the publication was peer reviewed or made in a well-known Academic journal, journal or reputable publisher. Types and documentation of credentials A person holding a credential is usually given documentation or secret knowledge (''e.g.,'' a password or key) as proof of the credential. Sometimes this proof (or a copy of it) is held by a third, trusted party. While in some c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yu Hua
Yu Hua (; born 3 April, 1960) is a Chinese novelist, essayist, and short story writer. He is widely considered one of the greatest living authors in China. Shortly after his debut as a fiction writer in 1983, his first breakthrough came in 1987, when he released the short story " On the Road at Age Eighteen". Yu Hua was regarded as a promising avant-garde or post-New Wave writer.Anne Wedell-Wedellsborg, “One Kind of Chinese Reality: Reading Yu Hua. ”Chinese Literature: Essays, Articles, Reviews, Vol. 18 (Dec., 1996), pp. 129–143. Many critics also regard him as a champion for Chinese meta-fictional or postmodernist writing. His novels ''To Live'' (1993) and '' Chronicle of a Blood Merchant'' (1995) were widely acclaimed. "By the time I began to read him, he had two late 20th-century novels under his belt that had each earned critical raves. The first of these, To Live, was made into an acclaimed film directed by Zhang Yimou, while the second, Chronicle of a Blood Merchan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zhu Chengliang
Zhu Chengliang 朱成梁 is a prizewinning Chinese author and illustrator of children's books, often using traditional Chinese painting styles. Biography Zhu Chengliang was born in Shanghai in 1948, and spent his childhood in Suzhou. He studied at the Department of Fine Art, Nanjing University, and has worked as an author, illustrator, editor and designer. He is currently Deputy Chief Editor of the Jiangsu Fine Arts Publishing House. Awards and honours * '' Grandpa's Tinderbox'' was nominated for the IBBY Honour List 2014 * '' A New Year's Reunion'' (Chinese edition) won first prize in the Feng Zikai Children's Book Award 2010 * '' A New Year's Reunion'' (English translation) was listed as one of the 2011 Ten Best Illustrated Books by the New York Times * '' The Sparkling Rabbit-Shaped Lamp'' was a Runner Up in the 4th UNESCO Noma Concours for Picture Book Illustrations (1984) Works * ''All in a Day'' (author: Mitsumasa Anno), 1986 * '' The Story of the Kitchen God'', 198 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cao Wenxuan
Cao Wenxuan (; born January 1954) is a Chinese novelist, best known for his works of children's literature. Cao is the vice president of the Beijing Writers Association. He is also a professor and doctoral tutor at Peking University. His novels have been translated into English, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, and Serbian. Biography Cao was born in 1954 in Yancheng, Jiangsu. He entered into the Department of Chinese Language and Literature of Peking University in 1974 and started to publish novels in 1983. Hans Christian Andersen Award In April 2016 Cao was announced as the winner of the Hans Christian Andersen Award for children's writing being the first Chinese author to ever receive the award. The International Board on Books for Young People's jury, announcing the award, said Cao "writes beautifully about the complex lives of children facing great challenges. He is a deeply committed writer, whose own difficult childhood has been deeply influential on h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mildred L
Mildred may refer to: People * Mildred (name), a given name (including a list of people and characters with the name) * Saint Mildrith, 8th-century Abbess of Minster-in-Thanet * Milred (died 772), Anglo-Saxon prelate, Bishop of Worcester * Henry Mildred (1795–1877), South Australian politician * Henry Hay Mildred (1839–1920), a son of Henry Mildred, lawyer and politician Places Canada *Mildred River, a tributary of La Trêve Lake in Québec United States * Mildred, Kansas * Mildred, Minnesota * Mildred, Missouri * Mildred, Pennsylvania * Mildred, Texas Mildred is a town in Navarro County, Texas, United States. The population was 399 at the 2020 census. History Mildred is located seven miles southeast of Corsicana on U.S. Highway 287 in south central Navarro County. The town was established ... Other uses * ''Mildred'', a barquentine shipwrecked at Gurnard's Head in 1912 (see list of shipwrecks in 1912) * {{disambiguation, surname, ship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lyce Jankowski
Lyce Jankowski (born 1982) is a numismatist, specialising in East Asia, and an art historian, specialising in Chinese material culture. Career Jankowski graduated in Classics (Licence and Maitrise at the Université Paris-Sorbonne), in Chinese (Licence at the Institut National des Langues Orientales, Paris), in Antiquity (Magistère at the Ecole Normale Supérieure) and in Art History (Licence, Master and Doctorat at the Université Paris-Sorbonne). Her studies of the contacts between Imperial Rome and Han China sparked an interest in numismatics. She studied Chinese numismatics with François Thierry (numismatist), curator of the Asian coin collection at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BnF); numismatics at the American Numismatic Society E. Newman seminar; Greek and Roman coinage in Paris with Olivier Picard and Michel Amandry; and Central Asian numismatics with Osmund Bopearachchi. For her PhD, she explored the social networks of coin collectors in 19th century China. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
François Thierry (numismatist)
François Thierry de Crussol, known by his Chinese name 蒂埃里 (''Di Ali''), is a French numismatist, specialising in East Asian currency. Career Thierry is honorary curator at the Département des Monnaies et Médailles, Bibliothèque nationale de France. Before retirement he was curator of Oriental coins, and a leading scholar in this field, having produced several well-received books, catalogues of the BnF collection, and numerous articles relating to East Asian numismatics. Awards and honours *2024 - Awarded the Lhotka Prize for ''Chinese Numismatics - the world of Chinese money'' (co-authored with Helen Wang and Lyce Jankowski) *2017 Awarded the Prix Hirayama - by the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres - for his book ''Les monnaies de la Chine ancienne, des origines à la fin de l'Empire'' (Paris, Les Belles-Lettres, 2017). *2006 Awarded the Medal of the Royal Numismatic Society The Medal of the Royal Numismatic Society was first awarded in 1883. It is award ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lhotka Prize
The Lhotka Memorial Prize is a prize awarded to the author of a publication about numismatics which is considered most helpful to the elementary student of numismatics published in the previous two calendar years. The prize was endowed in 1962 by Professor John Francis Lhotka Jr (University of Oklahoma) (1921–1993),Biography of J F Lhotka https://conservatoricoins.com/provenance-coins Accessed 8 Dec 2024 an honorary fellow of the Royal Numismatic Society, in memory of his father, Dr John Francis Lhotka. Past winners *1963 Robert A.G. Carson (''Coins, Ancient, Medieval and Modern'', London, 1962) *1964 David R. Sear (''Roman Coins and their Value''s, London, 1974) *1965 R.H. Michael Dolley (''Anglo-Saxon Pennies'', London, 1964) and J. Porteous (''Coins'', London, 1964) *1966 Howard W.A. Linecar (''Beginner’s Guide to Coin Collecting'', London, 1966) *1967 Philip D. Whitting (''Coins in the Classroom'', London, 1966) *1969 Anthony Dowle and Patrick Finn (''The Guide Book t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bai Meigui Translation Prize
The Bai Meigui Translation Prize is a translation prize awarded annually by the Leeds Centre for New Chinese Writing, at the University of Leeds. About the Prize The aim of the prize is to introduce Chinese writers to English readers, and develop literary translators working from Chinese to English. The judges are practising literary translators. The literary genre and prize change annually, but the Centre always seeks to develop the translator by publishing the translation, thereby giving exposure to both writer and translator, and when possible, offering further training in literary translation. Winners of the Prize 1st Bai Meigui Prize (2015) Winners: Natascha Bruce and Michael Day Genre: surreal short story ''Chicken'' by Dorothy Tse Prize: 1 week at a translation summer school, and publication in Structo magazine Judges: Nicky Harman, Jeremy Tiang, Helen Wang 2nd Bai Meigui Prize (2016) Winner: Luisetta Mudie Genre: Literary non-fiction piece by Li Jingrui Prize ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Translators Association
The Translators Association (TA) represents literary translators in the United Kingdom. It is part of the Society of Authors (SoA) and is affiliated with the International Federation of Translators (FIT). History The Translators Association (TA) was established in 1958 as a specialist group within the Society of Authors, the UK trade union for professional writers, with a membership of more than 12,000. The TA provides professional advice, representing individual translators and acting as an advocate for the profession as a whole. The TA administers prizes for published translations of full-length works of literary merit and general interest from the following languages into English: Arabic, Dutch or Flemish, French, German, modern Greek, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish, and Swedish. Committee The TA is run by a committee of seven elected members. The current committee members are Ian Giles (chair), Isabel del Rio, Paul Russell Garrett, Kathy Saranpa, Nichola Small ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Gustafsson Chen
Anna Gustafsson Chen (; born 18 January 1965) is a Swedish literary translator and sinologist. She is notable for translating the work of Mo Yan (the 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature winner) into Swedish. Her translations are directly tied to Mo Yan becoming the first Chinese person to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. She has translated over 20 other notable works including the writing of Yu Hua and Su Tong. Biography Chen was born in Sweden in 1965. She entered Stockholm University in 1985, studying Chinese language and Chinese Literature under Göran Malmqvist. She earned a doctorate in Chinese language and literature from Lund University in 1997. After graduation, Chen worked in Stockholm International Library as an administrator. Chen worked in a Swedish Museum. Translations from Chinese *''Breaking the Barriers: Chinese Literature Facing the World''. Olof Palmes internationella centrum, 1997. * Eileen Chang, ''Ett halvt liv av kärlek'' (Half a Lifelong Romance ), Atlanti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
