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Bai Hua (China, 1956) Born in Sichuan province in 1956, Bai Hua seems to have decided from an early age to … |
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Bei Dao (China, 1949) Bei Dao began writing poetry in the early 1970s. He is seen as the figurehead of the … |
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Chen Jun (China, 1974) Chen Jun (陈均) specializes in Kun Opera, a form of theatre in the 16th-18th century in … |
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Chen Kehua (Taiwan, 1961) Chen Kehua was born in Hualian on the east coast of Taiwan in 1961 and currently works … |
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Duo Duo (China, 1951) Duo Duo 多多 (penname for Li Shizheng 栗世征) grew up in the years when China was going … |
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Fang Xianhai (China, 1971) Fang Xianhai was born on one of the Zhoushan Islands (he doesn't like to specify … |
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Gu Cheng (China, 1956–1993) Gu Cheng was a famous Chinese modern poet, essayist and novelist. He was a prominent … |
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Guo Jinniu (China, 1966) Guo Jinniu, born in Hebei and now living in Shenzhen, was a migrant worker in South … |
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Han Dong (China, 1961) Han Dong was born on 17 May 1961 in Nanjing. At the height of the Cultural Revolution, … |
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He Xiaozhu (China, 1963) He Xiaozhu is a poet of the periphery in China, both imagined and real. Born in 1963 to … |
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Sarah Howe (Hong Kong, 1983) Sarah Howe is a British poet, academic and editor. Born in Hong Kong to an English … |
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Hsia Yü (Xia Yu) (Taiwan, 1956) Hsia Yü studied film and drama at the National Taiwan Academy of the Arts. Besides … |
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Hu Xudong (China, 1974) Hu Xudong began writing modern poetry as a student at Peking University when, without … |
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Jiang Hao (China, 1971) Jiang Hao 蒋浩 stands out among his peers for his unique, and sometimes startling, grace … |
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Jun Er (China, 1968) More than twenty-five years of economic reform in the People’s Republic have undeniably … |
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Jimu Langge (China, 1963) In the southwest corner of China, the grand mountains and rivers that border the … |
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Li Heng (China, 1986) Li Heng (黎衡) is one of the most talented young poets in China today, praised for the … |
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Liu Waitong (China, 1975) It is through poetry that Liu reflects on the past and present of China and Hong Kong. … |
Lo Fu (China, 1928) The poet did not wish for his photograph to be displayed. Lo Fu (Luo Fu) is the penname … |
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Lü De'an (China, 1960) In his own words, Lü De’an is a happy poet. This may have something to do with the fact … |
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Ye Mimi (Taiwan, 1980) Ye Mimi studies at the Graduate Institute of Creative Writing and English Literature of … |
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Na Ye (China, 1964) Na Ye 娜夜 is an ethnic Manchu poet in China. While her family was originally from … |
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Kawa Niangji ལགས་ཀྱི་ཟིན་བྲིས། (China, 1989–2015) Kawa Niangji 卡瓦娘吉 is the pen name for Niangjiben ལགས་ཀྱི་ཟིན་བྲིས།, a Tibetan poet and … |
Che Qianzi (China, 1963) Che Qianzi (1963) was born in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, moved to Beijing in 1998, and … |
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Qin Xiaoyu (China, 1974) From real estate to an Arcadian landscape, from a yurt to a bank building, for Qin … |
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Shang Qin (China, 1930) Shang Qin was born in southern China and has lived in Taiwan since 1948. ‘When I look … |
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Sheng Xing (China, 1978) For Sheng Xing, a disquieting new voice in contemporary Chinese literature, poetry … |
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Shuijing Zhulian (China, 1981) The rapid growth of the internet in China over the last five years has given rise to a … |
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Song Lin (China, 1959) Song Lin 宋琳 was born in Fujian, graduated from East China Normal University in 1983. He … |
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Wang Jiaxin (China, 1957) Wang Jiaxin 王家新 was born in Danjiangkou, Hubei Province, and was sent to the … |
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Wang Xiaoni (China, 1955) Call it a miracle of gravity . . . With simple words and startling images, Wang … |
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Xi Chuan (China, 1963) Xi Chuan (official name Liu Jun), poet, essayist, translator, was born in the City of … |
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Xiao Kaiyu (China, 1960) In today’s Chinese poetry we find some remarkable imagery: Bei Dao’s needle sliding … |
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Ya Shi (China, 1966) Ya Shi 哑石 (pen name of Chen Xiaoping) has an alchemical genius – in his poetry we … |
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Yang Li (China, 1962) The spirit of Ted Berrigan is alive and well in the Chinese poet Yang Li! He too can be … |
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Yang Lian (Switzerland, 1955) Yang Lian was born in Bern (Switzerland) in 1955, where his parents were in the … |
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Yao Feng (China, 1958) Yao Feng, the pen-name of Yao Jingming, was born in Beijing in 1958. He studied … |
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Yi Sha (China, 1966) There are no hints in Yi Sha’s poetry, no over-reliance on the imagination of his … |
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Yu Jian (China, 1954) For Yu Jian, poetry is largely a matter of sounding his world with words. Born on 8 … |
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Zang Di (China, 1964) How often do we bite off more than we can chew? Whether it is something concrete, like … |
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Zhai Yongming (China, 1955) Turn out all the lights and close all the curtains! Although her name means “eternal … |
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Zhang Zhihao (China, 1965) Zhang Zhihao (张执浩), poet and novelist, is a member of the Writers Association in Hubei … |
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Zhang Zao (China, 1962–2010) By turns erotic and enigmatic, Zhang Zao’s poetry is driven by two compulsions: … |
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Zheng Min (China, 1920) Zheng Min 郑敏 was born in Fujian, graduated from Southwest United University in … |