Wang Huansheng (; born 1939) is a Chinese translator. He has a good command of English, Classical Greek, Latin and Russian. Wang was a researcher of the Chinese Academy of Social Science, he is a member of the Chinese Communist Party and the China Writers Association.

Wang is among the first few in China who translated the Homeric Hymns from Classical Greek into Chinese language.

Wang Huansheng

Biography

Wang was born in 1939. He entered Beijing Foreign Studies University in 1959, majoring in Russian language.

Wang Huansheng

In 1960, Wang studied in Moscow State University, majoring in ancient Greek and Roman literature, where he graduated in 1965.

Wang Huansheng

Works

The History of Ancient Roman Literature () The History of Ancient Roman Literature and Arts ()

Translations

Aesop's Fables () Iliad () Odyssey () Elegiae () Meditations ()

Awards

Iliad and Odyssey – 4th National Book Award (1999) Odyssey – 2nd Lu Xun Literature Prize for Translation (2001)

References

1957 births

Writers from Nantong

Beijing Foreign Studies University alumni

Moscow State University alumni

Living people

20th-century Chinese translators

21st-century Chinese translators

Chinese literary theorists