Yuan Mei

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Yuan Mei ( Chinese  袁枚 , * 1716 ; † 1797 ) was a Chinese poet and gourmet. He is the author of the Suiyuan shidan , a famous Chinese cookbook.

literature

  • Arthur Waley: Yuan Mei, Eighteenth Century Chinese Poet , Allen & Unwin, London 1956
  • Rainer Schwarz (transl.): Chinese ghost stories [by Yuan Mei], Insel Taschenbuch: Frankfurt am Main 1997
  • JD Schmidt: Harmony Garden: the life, literary criticism, and poetry of Yuan Mei (1716-1798) . Routledge Shorton, London 2003., ISBN 0-7007-1525-8

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SURNAME Yuan Mei
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Chinese poet, gourmet and author of a Chinese cookbook
DATE OF BIRTH 1716
DATE OF DEATH 1797