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muckefuck ([personal profile] muckefuck) wrote2011-03-07 09:48 am

Name recognition question

Are any of you familiar with a literary author named "Lu Xun/Lu Hsün"?

I was trying to explain to a friend the other day who Premchand was and I tried to save time by describing him as "like Lu Xun but for Hindi". Unfortunately, this shorthand meant nothing to him and was left wondering if there was a more salient example I could've chosen.

[identity profile] embryomystic.livejournal.com 2011-03-07 04:26 pm (UTC)(link)
hm. Isn't he like Dante for Chinese?

[identity profile] embryomystic.livejournal.com 2011-03-07 04:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Okay, now I've read the Wikipedia article on him, and... maybe not.