Xi Chuan
Xi Chuan ( Chinese 西川 , Pinyin Xī Chuān , real name Liu Jun 刘军 , Liú Jūn , * 1963 in Xuzhou in Jiangsu Province ) is a Chinese writer and poet . He is considered one of the most important contemporary poets in China and lives in Beijing .
Life
From 1981 to 1985 he studied English literature at Peking University . After graduating, he first worked as an editor for the magazine Huangqiu ("Globus"). Xi Chuan was u. a. Visiting professor at New York University and the University of Victoria in Canada, currently teaching Classical Chinese Literature at the Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA) in Beijing. Together with the poet Tang Xiaodu (唐晓 渡) he publishes the magazine Contemporary International Poetry . In 2009 he was the curator of the poster campaign Poetry in the City .
Publications (selection)
- Zhijing ("Greetings"), prose poems , 1992
- Xugou de jiapu ("Invented Family Tree"), Poems, 1997
- Dayi ru ci (“That is what is meant”), poems, 1997
- Ying de Huayu (“The Eagle's Discourses”, published by Projekt Verlag in 2004), poems and poetic prose, 1999
- Geren Haowu ("Private Preferences"), Poems, 2008
Prizes and awards
- 1994: Chinese Poetry Prize
- 2001: Lu Xun Prize
Web links
- Xi Chuan ( Memento from January 15, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
- Portrait: Xi Chuan (西川) online magazine of the Goethe-Institut China, August 2009
Footnotes
- ↑ Poetry in the City 2009: Xi Chuan - curator. literaturhaus.net, archived from the original on June 15, 2013 ; Retrieved August 24, 2012 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Xi, Chuan |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 西川 |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Chinese lyric poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1963 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Xuzhou |