Jin Dinghan (; 13 September 1930 – 28 November 2020) was a Chinese translator and professor.

He was one of the foremost translators of Hindi literature. For his contributions to the introduction of Hindi literature to foreign readers, he was honored with the World Hindi Language Honorary Award in 1993 and the Dr. George Grierson Award in 2000.

Jin Dinghan

Biography

Jin was born in a highly educated family in Changsha, Hunan in 1930, with his ancestral home in Zhuji, Zhejiang. His father, Jin Yuereng (), who was a senior engineer; his uncle, Jin Yuelin, who was a Chinese philosopher; his brother, Jin Dingxin (), was a member of the China Zhi Gong Party Central Committee.

Jin Dinghan

Jin graduated from Peking University in 1955, where he majored in Hindi language, Jin taught there when graduated. At the same time, he served as a researcher in Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.

Jin Dinghan

Translation

Ramacharitamanas (Goswami Tulasidas) () The Fact of False (Yashpal) () Nirmala (Munshi Premchand) () Selected Works of Mao Zedong () Poetry of Mao Zedong ()

Awards

1993 World Hindi Language Honorary Award

2000 Dr. George Grierson Award

References

1930 births

Writers from Changsha

Peking University alumni

Hindi–Chinese translators

Chinese–Hindi translators

2020 deaths

Academic staff of Peking University

Educators from Hunan

20th-century Chinese translators

21st-century Chinese translators