Chronology Entry
Year
1941-1949
Text
Friendship and correspondence between E.M. Forster and Xiao Qian.
Lien Wen-shan : According to Xiao, some 80 letters, postcards and telegrams were dispatched from Forster to himself. In response, he wrote long replies back to Forster. A large number of Forster's letters do not survive and almost all of Xiao's letters were destroyed in 1945 and 1946. Forster's letters were destroyed at the beginning of the Cultural revolution in 1966. Only two letters from Xiao to Forster survived.
Their friendship ended abruptly and was scarred by a misunderstanding that was never cleared up. The intervention of the Second World War and the political upheavals in post-war China proved to be too great a disruptive force and made the renewal of their friendship impossible.
Lien Wen-shan : According to Xiao, some 80 letters, postcards and telegrams were dispatched from Forster to himself. In response, he wrote long replies back to Forster. A large number of Forster's letters do not survive and almost all of Xiao's letters were destroyed in 1945 and 1946. Forster's letters were destroyed at the beginning of the Cultural revolution in 1966. Only two letters from Xiao to Forster survived.
Their friendship ended abruptly and was scarred by a misunderstanding that was never cleared up. The intervention of the Second World War and the political upheavals in post-war China proved to be too great a disruptive force and made the renewal of their friendship impossible.
Mentioned People (2)
Forster, Edward Morgan
(London 1879-1970 Coventry) : Schriftsteller
Xiao, Qian
(Beijing 1910-1999) : Schriftsteller, Übersetzer, Journalist
Subjects
Literature : China
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Literature : Occident : Great Britain
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Periods : China : People's Republic (1949-)
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Periods : China : Republic (1912-1949)
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Translator
Documents (1)
| # | Year | Bibliographical Data | Type / Abbreviation | Linked Data |
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| 1 | 2002 |
Lien, Wen-shan. A passage from China : an archival study of the correspondence and friendship between E.M. Forster and Hsiao Ch'ien. In : EurAmerica ; vol. 32, no 1 (2002). [Xiao Qian]. http://www.ea.sinica.edu.tw/eu_file/12014837842.pdf. |
Publication / Fors13 |