Tian Dawei

Tian Dawei (Chinese: 田大畏; pinyin: Tián Dàwèi; August 1931 12 June 2013) was a Chinese translator and official. He served as vice president of the National Library of China, and was an official in the Ministry of Culture of the People's Republic of China.

Tian Dawei
Native name
田大畏
BornAugust 1931
Beijing, China
DiedJune 12, 2013(2013-06-12) (aged 81)
China
OccupationTranslator
LanguageChinese, Russian
Alma materNorth China University of Technology
Period1950–2000
GenreNovel
Notable worksThe Gulag Archipelago
RelativesTian Han (father)
An E (mother)

Tian was among the first in China who translated some works of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn into Chinese.

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