Wu Mengchang (; 1911 - 6 October 2006) was a Chinese translator and author who won the Lu Xun Literary Prize in 1995, a prestigious literature award in China.
He was most notable for being one of the main translators into Chinese of the works of the Russian novelist Maxim Gorky.
Biography
Wu was born in Xinning County, Guangdong in 1911. He joined the China League of Life-Wing Writers () in 1932.
He graduated from Fudan University in 1935, where he majored in foreign language and literature.
Wu started to publish works in 1936.
In 1952, Wu joined the China Writers Association.
Wu died in Beijing on October 6, 2006.
Works
The Complete Works of Gorky (Maxim Gorky) () The Mysteries of Paris (Eugene Sue) () Americans in Japan () Czechoslovakia (Medvedev) ()
Awards
Lu Xun Literary Prize (1995) Chinese Translation Association – Senior Translator (2004)
Personal life
He had a son, Wu Yongguang ().