Monika Motsch Explained

Monika Motsch
Occupation:	Sinologist, professor
Language:	Chinese, German, English
Alma Mater:	Heidelberg University
Notableworks:	Fortress Besieged We Three

Monika Motsch (; born 1942) is a German sinologist who works as a professor at the University of Bonn and University of Erlangen–Nuremberg.^[1]

Biography

Monika Motsch was born in Germany in 1942. In 1971, she earned her doctor's degree in Sinology from Heidelberg University. From 1973 to 2004, she successively worked as lecturer and professor at the University of Bonn. She was director of the Department of Sinology of the University of Erlangen–Nuremberg in 1998, and held that office until 2000. From 2012 to 2014, she was a foreign specialist of Tsinghua University. During that time, she worked with her husband Richard Motsch, Tsinghua Case Museum and Commercial Publishing House to sort out Qian Zhongshu's Foreign Language Notes.^{[2] [3] [4]}

Personal life

In 1968, she was married to Richard Motsch, who is a lawyer.

Works

• Book: Motsch, Monika . de . 0 . Ezra Pound und china . Ezra Pound and China . 1976 . Winter . 978-3533024286.
• Book: Motsch, Monika . de . 0 . Mit Bambusrohr und Ahle: Von Qian Zhongshus "Guanzhuibian zu einer Neubetrachtung Du Fus . 1994 . Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften . 978-3631477397.
• Book: Motsch, Monika . zh . 0 . zh:中国中短篇叙事文学史——从古代到近代 . History of Chinese Short and Medium Narrative Literature: From Ancient to Modern Times . 2008 . East China Normal University Press . Shanghai . 978-7561760765.
• Book: Motsch, Monika . zh . 0 . New Interpretation of "Tube Cone Braiding" and Du Fu. zh:《管锥编》与杜甫新解 . 1998 . Hebei Education Press . Shijiazhuang, Hebei . 9787543430914 .

Translations

• Fortress Besieged (Qian Zhongshu) (Chinese: 围城)
• We Three (Yang Jiang) (Chinese: 我们仨)

Awards

• Jane Scatcherd Translation Award
• Special Book Awards of China (2012)^[5]

External links

• Prof. Dr. Monka Motsch Private Homepage

Notes and References

1. Web site: https://www.tsinghua.edu.cn/publish/shss/1839/2014/20140605114452181419593/20140605114452181419593_.html . zh:莫芝宜佳夫妇做客清华畅谈钱钟书(图) . 2014-05-28 . Tsinghua University . zh.
2. Web site: http://www.chinanews.com/cul/2011/11-04/3438256.shtml . zh:钱钟书外文笔记数量巨大 共178个大小笔记本 . 2011-11-04 . chinanews.com . zh.
3. Web site: http://culture.ifeng.com/a/20140607/40633517_0.shtml . zh:钱锺书《外文笔记》首辑出版 曾由杨绛精心保管 . 2014-06-17 . Li Changwei . iFeng . zh.
4. Web site: http://news.tsinghua.edu.cn/publish/thunews/9650/2014/20140530100611433542281/20140530100611433542281_.html . zh:钱锺书外文笔记：一捧碎金 . 2014-05-30 . Jiang Shengxin . Tsinghua University . zh.
5. Web site: http://yue.ifeng.com/news/detail_2012_08/29/17170081_0.shtml . Six Foreign Experts Awarded . zh:六外国专家获奖 . 2012-08-29 . ifeng . zh.