Vincenz Hundhausen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Vincenz Hundhausen

German translator

Date of Birth: 15-Dec-1878

Place of Birth: Grevenbroich, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1955

Profession: writer, translator, author, poet lawyer, linguist

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About Vincenz Hundhausen

  • Vincenz Maria Hermann Hundhausen (15 December 1878 – 18 May 1955) was a German who was a German-language professor at Peking University and a translator of Chinese works into German.
  • He used the Chinese name Hong Taosheng (traditional Chinese: ???; simplified Chinese: ???; pinyin: Hóng Taosheng; Wade–Giles: Hung T'ao-sheng).Hundhausen owned the Poplar Island Press, based out of his Beijing house.
  • In addition, Hundhausen saw himself as a poet and an artist.In 2001 Annette Merker, author of a book review of Vincenz Hundhausen (1878-1955): Leben und Werk des Dichters, Druckers, Verlegers, Professors, Regisseurs und Anwalts in Peking, wrote that he was "little known by non-sinologists".

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