{"product_id":"poems-of-hong-ying-zhai-yongming-yang-lian","title":"Poems of Hong Ying, Zhai Yongming \u0026 Yang Lian","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.2;\"\u003eEdited by Mabel Lee. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.2;\"\u003eTranslated from the Chinese by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.2;\"\u003eMabel Lee, Naikan Tao \u0026amp; Tony Prince.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis sixth volume in Vagabond’s Asia Pacific Poetry Series brings together a selection of poetry from three key contemporary Chinese poets Hong Ying, Zhai Yongming \u0026amp; Yang Lian edited and introduced by Mabel Lee, translated by Mabel Lee, Naikan Tao \u0026amp; Tony Prince and with cover art by Lin Chunyan. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHong Ying\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (b. 1962) was born in Chongqing. Her father worked on the cargo boats plying the Yangtze, and she grew up in the lower strata of society. Her career as a poet began with the publication of her \u003cem\u003eCycle of Poems\u003c\/em\u003e in a workers’ literary magazine, and in 1988 she published her first collection, \u003cem\u003eBird of Paradise\u003c\/em\u003e. After relocating to London, her poem “Poetry and Fleeing for One’s Life” won the UK Chinese Poetry Prize in 1991, and she went on to win a number of poetry prizes in Hong Kong and Taiwan. She then went on to establish herself as a prize-winning novelist for works that have been translated into many languages and turned into TV series. Her novels include \u003cem\u003eDaughter of the River\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSummer of Betrayal\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eK: The Art of Love\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Concubine of\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eShanghai\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003ePeacock Cries\u003c\/em\u003e: her novel \u003cem\u003eK\u003c\/em\u003e was awarded the Primo de Rome Prize in 2005. Her most recent collection of poetry spans thirty years of her poetic life, and has the title: \u003cem\u003eI Too Am Salammbo \u003c\/em\u003e(2013).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eZhai Yongming\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (b. 1955) was born in Chengdu. She was sent to the countryside to work as a peasant for two years during the Cultural Revolution, but afterwards graduated in laser technology in 1981, and in the same year began publishing poetry. Her two cycles of poems \u003cem\u003eWoman\u003c\/em\u003e (1984) and \u003cem\u003eJing’an Village\u003c\/em\u003e (1985) stamped her credentials as one of the most significant poets of the 1980s. She became a role model for aspiring women poets who provided a powerful and distinctive voice in the world of Chinese poetry that had previously been dominated by male poets. She travelled to the United States in 1990, and returned in 1992 to Chengdu where she enjoys a celebrity presence as an installation artist and the owner of a literary and art salon called White Nights. Her other collections of poetry include \u003cem\u003eAbove All the Roses\u003c\/em\u003e (1989), \u003cem\u003eCollected Poems of Zhai Yongming\u003c\/em\u003e (1994), as well as the English title, \u003cem\u003eThe Changing Room: Selected Poetry of Zhai Yongming\u003c\/em\u003e (2012).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYang Lian\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (b. 1955) was born in Bern, Switzerland, but grew up in Beijing. Amongst the first wave of new poets to emerge after the Cultural Revolution, his poetry exuberantly extols male sexuality. His cycle of poems titled \u003cem\u003eNorlang\u003c\/em\u003e (1983) was criticized during the Anti-Spiritual-Pollution campaign of 1983, and he was banned from publishing for a year. In 1985 \u003cem\u003eNorlang\u003c\/em\u003e was reprinted twice: in his \u003cem\u003eRitualization of the Soul\u003c\/em\u003e as well as together with other of his poems in Lao Mu’s \u003cem\u003eAnthology of New Wave Poetry\u003c\/em\u003e. Since travelling to Australia in 1988 he has established a significant international presence. His poetry has been published in Chinese and also in many other languages. His English titles include \u003cem\u003eMasks and Crocodile\u003c\/em\u003e (1990), \u003cem\u003eThe Dead in Exile\u003c\/em\u003e (1990), \u003cem\u003eNon-Person Singular\u003c\/em\u003e (1994), \u003cem\u003eWhere the Sea Stands Still\u003c\/em\u003e (1995), \u003cem\u003eYi\u003c\/em\u003e (2002), \u003cem\u003eNotes of a Blissful Ghost\u003c\/em\u003e (2002), \u003cem\u003eConcentric Circles\u003c\/em\u003e (2005), \u003cem\u003eUnreal City\u003c\/em\u003e (2006), and \u003cem\u003eRiding Pisces\u003c\/em\u003e (2008). He has been awarded two important literary prizes in Italy: the Flaiano International Poetry Prize (1999) and the Nonino International Literary Prize (2012).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb style=\"line-height: 1.2;\"\u003eMabel Lee\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.2;\"\u003e PhD FAHA is Adjunct Professor of Chinese Studies at the University of Sydney following a 34-year teaching and research career in 20th century Chinese intellectual history and literature. Since 1990 she has translated 3 volumes of poetry by Yang Lian and 5 volumes of fiction and criticism by Nobel Laureate Gao Xingjian, as well as publishing research papers on both authors. She is currently translating a volume of poetry by award-winning novelist Hong Ying.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNaikan Tao \u003c\/b\u003ePhD is interested in poetry and poetics and translates Chinese literature. He is the translator with Tony Prince of \u003ci\u003eEight Contemporary Chinese Poets \u003c\/i\u003e(Wild Peony, 2006), and with Simon Patton of \u003ci\u003eStarve the Poets!: Selected Poems by Yi Sha\u003c\/i\u003e (Bloodaxe, 2008). His recent publications include his translation of Lu Xun’s \u003ci\u003eRen zhi lishi \u003c\/i\u003e(History of humanity; \u003ci\u003eRenditions\u003c\/i\u003e, 80, 2013) and his essay “Subjectivity and Innovation in Contemporary Chinese Poetry, II” (\u003ci\u003eThe Journal of the Oriental Society of Australia\u003c\/i\u003e, 44, 2012). He lives with his family in Sydney.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTony Prince\u003c\/b\u003e graduated with a BA and PhD in Chinese Studies from the University of Sydney, and subsequently spent 6 years teaching and studying in Taiwan and Japan. He afterwards returned to the University of Sydney to take up a lectureship there, teaching Chinese language, literature and thought for the next 28 years. He has published articles and co-authored books on Buddhism and Chinese poetry. 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