Wang Dianzhong

Wang Dianzhong (born 1936), a native of Jiaohé in Hebei, is a Chinese translator and French-language educator. He is a professor at Nanjing International Studies University and a member of the Chinese Writers Association. He graduated from the French Department of the Beijing Foreign Languages Institute in 1961 and once served as a translator at the Foreign Affairs Bureau of the General Staff. Long engaged in French teaching and the translation of French literature, he has translated more than 20 works totaling over four million characters, including La Dame aux Camélias, La Confession d'un enfant du siècle, Le Testament français, and Camus's essays, achieving notable results in the introduction of foreign literature. His translations span novels, essays, and other genres, offering Chinese readers reliable versions of French literary works. The library holds two of his works: La Dame aux Camélias (Duke Classic Library) and The Collected Works of Camus (Essays, Volume II), both in the categories of world classics and foreign literature.