New Year Poem Bei Dao
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New year poem bei dao. New and selected poems 2010 midnight s gate 2002 unlock 2000 landscape over zero 1995 old. Northern island born august 2 1949 is the pen name of chinese poet zhao zhenkai. His poems have been translated into more than 30 languages.
Bei dao is the nom de plume of zhao zhenkai widely considered one of china s most important contemporary authors. In english he is represented by numerous collections of poetry fiction and essays including the rose of time. Comments about new year by bei dao chinedu dike 12 24 2015 3 11 00 pm thought provoking philosophical piece of poetry well articulated nicely encapsulated and insightfully penned in heightened poetic diction with conviction.
He taught at stony brook university and spent a semester as a visiting writer at the university of alabama. Bei dao described the trip in an essay midnight s gate which became the title of a collection of essays that appeared in english in 2005. His poems have been translated into more than 30 languages.
Bei dao is the nom de plume of zhao zhenkai widely considered one of china s most important contemporary authors. Between 2002 and 2005 bei dao was based primarily in new york city. Read all poems of bei dao and infos about bei dao.
In english he is represented by numerous collections of poetry fiction and essays including the rose of.