Wolfgang Kubin

Wolfgang Kubin (Chinese: 顾彬; pinyin: Gù Bīn; born December 17, 1945, in Celle) is a German poet, essayist, sinologist and translator of literary works.

[3] Having graduated from the Gymnasium Dionysianum in Rheine in 1965 (which provided him with a solid foundation in Classical Latin and Greek), Wolfgang Kubin studied Protestant theology at the University of Münster from 1966 until 1968.

[7] Wolfgang Kubin became widely known among the general public as a translator of modern Chinese poetry and prose.

In November 2006, Wolfgang Kubin made headlines when he commented on fairly recently published Chinese literature during an interview he gave to the German broadcaster Deutsche Welle.

He denounced several works in harsh terms, referring to Wei Hui's Shanghai Baby as "garbage" and Jiang Rong's Wolf Totem as "fascist".