Fu Lei

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Fu Lei (傅雷, 1908-1966) was raised by his mother, he studied art and art theory in France. Upon his return to China, he taught in Shanghai and translated French writers, including Voltaire, Balzac and Romain Rolland. He had his own style, the "Fu Lei style". Though labeled a rightist in 1957, he persevered until 1966, when, at the start of the Cultural Revolution, he and his wife committed suicide. His letters to his son Fu Cong, a world-renowned pianist, were published post-humously and are highly regarded.