Zhu Shenghao's Collected Essays

Author: Zhu Shenghao
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Publish Date: 2000-12-01
Features: Zhu Shenghao [1912-1944], native of Jiaxing, Zhejiang; translator and poet. Translated a total of 31 and a half Shakespearean plays. On February 2, 1912, Zhu Shenghao was born into a declining small merchant family in the southern gate of Jiaxing, Zhejiang. His family was poor. His original name was Zhu Wensen. He had three brothers and was the eldest. Unfortunately, he lost his mother at the age of 10 and his father at the age of 12. The three orphans were taken care of by his widowed aunt. After entering school, he changed his name to Zhu Shenhao. Due to his diligent studies and excellent performance, after graduating from the upper primary school in July 1924, he was admitted to the second grade of the junior high school of the private Xiuzhou Middle School in Jiaxing. He was passionate about Chinese literature and English. In 1926, he entered Xiuzhou High School and graduated in 1929. Recommended by the school, he was admitted to Hangzhou's Zhejiang University on a scholarship, majoring in Chinese literature with English as a subsidiary subject. His main works include The Biography of Zhu Shenghao: an official biography; Poets and the Soul of Shakespeare: a biography of his parents written by his son, which revealed the hardships of Song Qingruo's life after Zhu Shenghao's death for decades, her perseverance being admirable; Spirits Enclosed in Envelopes: the first book that attracted me, written by his wife, collecting letters Zhu Shenghao wrote to Song Qingruo, sensitive, romantic, and interesting; Selected Writings of Zhu Shenghao: collected by his old friend Fan Quan, consisting of his political and social commentaries published during his time working at newspapers.