About the author

Cao Yuanyong: public information is limited, and his nationality, dates of birth and death, and educational background cannot be confirmed. Judging from the six works recorded in the database, his work is largely related to the translation and editing of foreign literature, including The Waves, No Country for Old Men, The Inside of the Wind, or the Novel of Hero and Leander, The Last Love of Constantinople: A Tarot Novel for Fortune-Telling, and The Complete Book of the Art of Love. These titles span classic fiction, suspense and mystery, and experimental love narratives, suggesting an interest in narrative form and foreign texts, with choices that balance literary quality and readability. In the absence of autobiographical or biographical materials, his editorial and translation direction can only be inferred from the list of works, and his writing style and personal influence await further documentation.

Written (6)

The Waves cover
Rating 4.7
The Waves Virginia Woolf / 曹元勇 Shanghai Translation Publishing House · 2023 Published in 1931, The Waves belongs to the period of Woolf's greatest creative power. This poetic experimental work has no story in the strict sense;…
The Inner Side of the Wind, or the Novel of Hero and Leander cover
Rating 4.3
The Inner Side of the Wind, or the Novel of Hero and Leander 米洛拉德·帕维奇 / 曹元勇 · 2023 The story of Leander and Hero comes from ancient Greek myth: Hero was a priestess of Aphrodite. Each night Leander swam across the Hellespont to meet …
The Complete Book of the Art of Love cover
Rating 3.8
The Complete Book of the Art of Love 奥维德 / 曹元勇 Sino-Culture Press · 2023 The Love Books of Ovid is a legendary and ill-fated classic of ancient Rome and world literary history—a famous work by the Roman poet Ovid and a clas…
No Country for Old Men cover
Rating 4.6
No Country for Old Men 科马克·麦卡锡 / 曹元勇 Henan Literature and Art Publishing House · 2021 No Country for Old Men is a breakthrough work by the literary giant Cormac McCarthy. Set in a volcanic canyon on the U.S.-Mexico border, it tells of a…
The Last Love in Constantinople: A Tarot Novel for Fortune-Telling cover
Rating 4.1
The Last Love in Constantinople: A Tarot Novel for Fortune-Telling 米洛拉德·帕维奇 / 曹元勇 Shanghai Translation Publishing House · 2021 Pavić portrays the fortunes of two Serbian families, one serving Napoleonic France and the other anti-Napoleonic Austria, standing for Serbia's choice…
The Waves cover
Rating 4.2
The Waves 弗吉尼亚·伍尔芙 / 曹元勇 Shanghai Translation Publishing House · 2017 "The Waves is the work of Woolf's creative prime, published in 1931. A highly poetic, abstract and stylized experimental work, it has no story in the …

Publishers

Shanghai Translation Publishing HouseSino-Culture PressHenan Literature and Art Publishing House