Leo Ou-fan Lee

Leo Ou-fan Lee
Native name
李歐梵
Born (1939-04-09) April 9, 1939
Taikang County, Henan, China
OccupationCommentator, author, professor, literary scholar
LanguageChinese, English
Alma materNational Taiwan University (BA)
University of Chicago (MA)
Harvard University (PhD)
Period1970–present
GenreEssay
Notable worksShanghai Modern: The Flowering of a New Urban Culture in China, 1930–1945
Notable awardsGuggenheim Fellowship 1985
SpouseWang Xiaolan (former, 1987-1998)
Li Yuying (2002-)
RelativesFather: Li Yonggang
Mother: Zhou Yuan
Leo Ou-fan Lee
Traditional Chinese李歐梵
Simplified Chinese李欧梵
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinLǐ Ōufán
Wade–GilesLi3 Ou1-fan2

Leo Ou-fan Lee (Chinese: 李歐梵; born 10 October 1942) is a Taiwanese commentator and author who was elected Fellow of Academia Sinica in 2002. Lee also was a professor at Chinese University of Hong Kong, Princeton University, Indiana University, University of Chicago, University of California, Los Angeles, Harvard University, and National Taiwan Normal University.

Lee has served as columnist of several publications, such as the Yazhou Zhoukan, Hong Kong Economic Journal, Ming Pao, and Muse.