Chinese edition of Nature Writings by Enos Mills published
- By Mi Xingang
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The Chinese edition of Nature Writings, by Enos Mills (1870-1922), was recently published by the Gansu Nationalities Publishing House, a subsidiary of the Duzhe Publishing and Media Corp. in northwestern China's Gansu Province.
Listed as the key publication by the Publicity Department of the Gansu Provincial Party Committee, and a key project of Duzhe Publishing and Media Corp., the first volume of the edition comprises five books, namely, Wild Life of the Rockies, Rocky Mountain Wonderland, Bird Memories of the Rockies, Wild Animal Homesteads and Watched by Wild Animals.
Dubbed "the father of Rocky Mountain National Park," Enos Mills was a renowned American naturalist, environmentalist and natural litterateur. He lived in the Rockies for a long time often hiking through the wilderness, gaining a profound knowledge of the mountains, forests, plants, birds and animals.
In the books, Enos Mills narrated and described his experiences of wandering and exploring the Rockies, including tramping through the hills, tracking wild animals, and his detailed research on plants and his philosophical thoughts concerning nature.
The Chinese edition was translated by Dong Jiping over a period of five years. Born in 1962 in Chongqing Municipality, Dong once attended a class of international writers at the University of Iowa and was honored as a "Honorary Writer of the University of Iowa." He also acted as the editorial board member of American Quarterly and twice translated into Chinese works winning the Nobel Prize for Literature.
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