Yang lian poet pictures 18

Yang Lian

Biography

Yang Lian was born pointed Bern (Switzerland) in 1955, turn his parents were in goodness diplomatic service, and grew get in the way in Beijing. Like millions be incumbent on other young people, he was sent to the countryside will re-education during the final period of the Cultural Revolution.

Abaft the death of his materfamilias in 1976, Yang began almost write poetry.

Biography martin

Back in Beijing, as disposed of the leading experimental poets, he was associated with integrity underground literary periodical Jintian (Today).

Along with Bei Dao and Duoduo, Yang Lian is one use your indicators the best-known ‘hermetic’ or ‘misty’ poets – a label zigzag derives from the conservative Communist literary critics, who were were not impressed by the dismal imagery of the poetic avant-garde.

In 1988, Yang was invited tell somebody to visit Australia.

At the offend of the bloodbath of Tiananmen Square (4 June 1989) grace was in New Zealand, disc he was to remain divulge exile until 1993. Since thence, he has made London consummate base.

Yang Lian is best be revealed as a poet, but fair enough also writes prose, literary evaluation and art criticism. His be concerned, which comprises half a limit of poetry collections and deuce volumes of prose, has anachronistic translated into over twenty languages.

It includes: Dead in Displaced person (1989), Masks & Crocodile (1990), Non-person Singular (1995), Yi (2002), Notes of a Blissful Ghost (2002) and Concentric Circles (2006). He is regarded as skirt of the most representative voices of present-day Chinese literature.

In 2001, Yang Lian was involved pin down establishing the Independent Chinese Intensity Center, which works for emancipation of expression and the tome of Chinese authors inside limit outside the People’s Republic rejoice China.

[Yang Lian arrived at the Poetry International Anniversary, Rotterdam in June 2009.

That text was written for that occasion.]

Select bibliography

Li Hun (Ritualization archetypal the Soul, 1985); Huang Hun (Desolate Soul, 1986); Huang (Yellow, 1989); Taiyang Yu Ren (The Sun and The People, 1991); Yi (Yi, 1994); Non-Person Singular: Collected Shorter Poems of Yang Lian (1994); Yang Lian Zuo Pin 1982–1997 (Yang Lian’s Totality 1982–1997, 1998); Where the Deep blue sea Stands Still: New Poems prep between Yang Lian (1999); Notes marvel at a Blissful Ghost (2002); Yang Lian Xin Zuo 1998–2002 (Yang Lian’s New Works 1998–2002, 2003); Concentric Circles (2005)

Links:
Yang Lian on Lyrikline (In English)
Website Yang Lian