About the author
Peng Lun is an author active in the field of Chinese-language book publishing and editing. Publicly available information about him is limited, and details such as his nationality, dates of birth and death, and educational background are not clearly documented. Four of his works are included in the collection: Legacy, Legacy (A True Story), Ordinary People, and The Paris Review: Interviews with Publishers. These works suggest that his writing and editorial interests center on foreign literature and literary appreciation, with particular attention to true stories, personal destinies, and interviews and experiences within the publishing industry. The Paris Review: Interviews with Publishers reflects his sustained engagement with the workings of publishing and the editorial perspective, while works such as Legacy and Ordinary People indicate a tendency toward documentary or narrative treatment of personal and family themes. Overall, Peng Lun's output is limited in quantity, but his work has a certain significance for the translation and introduction of foreign literature and for documenting publishing culture, and it may be of reference value to readers interested in literary documentary writing and publishing practice.
Written (4)
Rating 4.2★ The Paris Review: Interviews with Publishers 美国《巴黎评论》编辑部 / 彭伦 People's Literature Publishing House · 2025 Since 1983, the Paris Review's "Art of Fiction" interviews have widened their lens from writing to the closely related fields of literary publishing a… Rating 4.4★ The Inheritance Philip Roth / 彭伦 Shanghai Translation Publishing House · 2020 Philip Roth, known for weaving large-scale novels into an epic of human nature, unexpectedly published a work of nonfiction in 1991: Patrimony: A True… Rating 4.3★ Mortal Philip Roth / 彭伦 Shanghai Translation Publishing House · 2020 The title of *Everyman* derives from a medieval morality play that recounts the deathbed experience of an "Everyman" summoned by Death. Roth's *Everym… Rating 4.4★ The Legacy (A True Story) Philip Roth / 彭伦 Shanghai Translation Publishing House · 2019 This book is a work of nonfiction by Philip Roth, a leading figure of contemporary American literature. It won the 1992 National Book Critics Circle A…Publishers
Shanghai Translation Publishing HousePeople's Literature Publishing House