Ma Zhencheng
# Ma Zhencheng

Ma Zhencheng (Chinese: 马振骋; born March 1934) is a Chinese translator. He is the first person in China to translate The Little Prince, and was also praised as the best translator of The Little Prince. He also translated some of the works of the French novelists Michel de Montaigne, Milan Kundera, André Gide, and Marguerite Duras into Chinese.

## Biography

Ma was born in Shanghai, in March 1934. He graduated from Nanjing University, where he majored in French language and literature. After university, he taught at Beijing Institute of Light Industry (now Beijing Technology and Business University). After the Cultural Revolution, he taught at Shanghai Second Medical University (now Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine) successively. In 1980, he began translating French literary works. In 1990, at the age of 56, he pursued advanced studies in France.

## Translations

* Montaigne essays Complete Works (3 volumes) (蒙田全集)
* The Little Prince (小王子)
* The Song of Roland (罗兰之歌)
* Slowness (慢)
* The Festival of Insignificance (庆祝无意义)
* Wonderful Events on Beautiful Valley Street (美丽谷街奇妙事)
* La Symphonie pastorale (田园交响曲)
* Strait is the Gate (窄门)
* Limonov (搅局者)
* (被扼杀的是莫扎特)
* Truck (卡车)
* Tarquinian Pony (塔尔奎尼亚的小马)
* Noanoa (诺阿诺阿)
* Witch: Satan's Lover (发现之旅 女巫：撒旦的情人)
* Skota's Sun (斯科塔的太阳)

## Awards

* Limonov (Emmanuel Carrère) - Fu Lei Prize for Translation and Publishing, 2017.
