Wolfgang Kubin

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Wolfgang Kubin (born 1945) is a German sinologist and director of the University of Bonn's Instituts für Orient- und Asienwissenschaften. In November 2006, he attracted a great deal of attention due to an interview he gave with German broadcaster Deutsche Welle regarding Chinese literature, most of which he denounced in harsh terms; he referred to Wei Hui's Shanghai Baby as "garbage" and Jiang Rong's Wolf Totem as "fascist".[1][2] Though he expressed his admiration for Lu Xun, he said that no contemporary author could compare to him.[3]

[edit] Works

  • (1985) Nachrichten von der Hauptstadt der Sonne: moderne chinesische Lyrik 1919-1984. Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp. ISBN 3-518-11322-4. 
  • (2002) "Die chinesische Dichtkunst: von den Anfängen bis zum Ende der Kaiserzeit". Geschichte der chinesischen Literatur Band 1, München: Saur. ISBN 3-598-24541-6. 
  • (2004) Schattentänzer: Gedichte. Bonn: Weidle. ISBN 3-931135-83-7. 
  • (2005) "Die chinesische Literatur im 20. Jahrhundert.". Geschichte der chinesischen Literatur Band 7, München: Saur. ISBN 3-598-24547-5. 
  • (2006) "Halbzeit einer Liebe: eine Erzählung". Mit einem Nachwort von Heinz Ludwig Arnold, Edition Milo Band 4, Wien: Lehner. ISBN 3-901749-55-1. 

[edit] References

  1. ^ "德国汉学权威另一只眼看现当代中国文学 (Authoritative German sinologist looks at contemporary Chinese literature with a different eye)", Deutsche Welle, 2006-11-26. Retrieved on 2007-04-21. 
  2. ^ "德汉学家称中国当代文学是垃圾 《狼图腾》丢脸 (German sinologist says contemporary Chinese literature is garbage, Wolf Totem a loss of face)", Xinhua News Agency, 2006-12-11. Retrieved on 2007-04-21. 
  3. ^ "德國漢學家顧彬稱中國當代作家不懂語言 (German sinologist Kubin states that contemporary Chinese authors don't understand the language)", Sina News (Taiwan), 2007-04-05. Retrieved on 2007-04-21. 

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