《世界文学》原名《译文》,创刊于1953年7月。它是新中国建立后由中华全国文学工作者协会(即中国作家协会前身)创办的我国第一个专门介绍外国文学的刊物。鲁迅先生的战友茅盾同志亲任主编,并由一些著名的外国文学工作者担任本刊编委。他们担负了创业的艰巨任务,为我刊后来的成长打下了坚实的基础。在创刊号的《发刊词》中,茅盾同志回顾了三十年代鲁迅先生在国民 “World Literature” formerly known as “translation”, founded in July 1953. It was the first publication in our country dedicated to foreign literature founded by the All-China Literary Workers Association (predecessor of the Chinese Writers Association) after the founding of new China. Comrade Mao Dun comrade Lu Xun’s comrades in chief, and by some well-known foreign literary workers as editorial board. They took on the arduous task of starting a business and laid a solid foundation for my later growth. In the first issue of the “issue”, Comrade Mao Dun reviewed the thirty years of Mr. Lu Xun in the national