Mu Dan, formerly known as Cha Liang Zheng, is a famous poet and poetry translator.

Born in Haining, Zhejiang Province, 19 18 Tianjin.

Middle school began to write poetry, and 17 was admitted to the Foreign Languages Department of Tsinghua University.

1937 After the July 7th Incident, he went south to Changsha with the university and then walked to Kunming.

From 65438 to 0939, he began to systematically contact with modernist English poetry and literary theory, and his creation changed and matured.

1940 graduated from the Foreign Languages Department of the National The National SouthWest Associated University and stayed as a teaching assistant.

1942 joined the army, participated in the anti-Japanese war in Myanmar, and experienced difficulties and obstacles.

1943 after returning to China, he experienced several years of unstable life.

1945 founded Shenyang New Newspaper as editor-in-chief.

1947, participated in the creative activities later called "Nine Leaves Poetry School".

1In August, 949, he went to study in the United States and obtained a master's degree in literature from the University of Chicago.

/kloc-returned to China at the beginning of 0/953, and served as an associate professor in the Foreign Languages Department of Nankai University, devoted to Russian-English poetry translation.

1958 accused of historical counter-revolution, he was controlled, criticized and reformed through labor for more than ten years, stopped writing poetry and insisted on translation.

1975 resumed poetry creation.

1977 died of illness during the Spring Festival.

1979 rehabilitated.

The main work includes:

Poems: Expedition (1945), Mu Dan's Poems (1939- 1945) (947), Banner (1948), Mu Dan's Poems (1986).

Don Juan (1980) and Selected Poems of Modern English (1985).