About the author

Zhang Er is an author about whom relatively limited information is publicly available, and little is recorded about his life. The works listed under his name all fall under the category of foreign literature. Judging from the five titles held in the database, his work centers on the Chinese translation and compilation of Russian literature. Representative results include A Sportsman's Sketches (Hunter's Notes) and the World Classics Translation Library series, such as The Collected Works of Turgenev (5 volumes) and The Collected Works of Goncharov (4 volumes). These translations present classic foreign works to Chinese readers, systematically introducing writings by Turgenev, Goncharov, and others, and form part of the broader translation of world classics. Since his dates of birth and death, nationality, education, and professional career cannot be confirmed, no inferences are made here; readers may regard him as a translator engaged in Russian literary translation, whose contribution lies mainly in the compilation and presentation of these translated volumes.

Written (5)

A Hunter's Notes cover
Rating 4.5
A Hunter's Notes Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev / 张耳 Baihuazhou Literature and Art Publishing House · 2025 Billed as a record of a hunter's expeditions, A Sportsman's Sketches portrays rural life in mid-nineteenth-century Russia. Turgenev brings vividly to …
Turgenev Collection: Complete 5 Volumes (World Classic Translations Library) cover
Rating 4.5
Turgenev Collection: Complete 5 Volumes (World Classic Translations Library) Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev / 安静 / 张耳 / 王英佳 Shanghai Joint Publishing Company · 2023 Notes of a Hunter, the work that established Turgenev's reputation, is a collection of sketches recording rural life in mid-nineteenth-century Russia …
World Classics Translation Library: Collected Works of Goncharov (Complete 4 Volumes) cover
Rating 4.3
World Classics Translation Library: Collected Works of Goncharov (Complete 4 Volumes) 冈察洛夫 / 李辉凡 / 严永兴 / 张耳 Shanghai Joint Publishing Company · 2023 This set comprises four volumes: Oblomov, The Precipice (Part One), The Precipice (Part Two), and A Common Story. Oblomov is Goncharov's masterpiece. …
A Sportsman's Sketches cover
Rating 4.1
A Sportsman's Sketches Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev / 张耳 China Friendship Publishing Company · 2023 A Sportsman's Sketches is Turgenev's breakthrough work: a collection of stories that records Russian rural life in the mid-nineteenth century through …
A Sportsman's Sketches cover
Rating 4.3
A Sportsman's Sketches Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev / 张耳 China Friendship Publishing Company · 2015 A Sportsman's Sketches is a unique collection of short prose pieces. The first sketch, 'Khor and Kalinych,' appeared in the opening issue of the Russi…

Publishers

Shanghai Joint Publishing CompanyChina Friendship Publishing CompanyBaihuazhou Literature and Art Publishing House