Those that Rise from Mediocrity

Maozi

mrt 2020 · Chen mo yu yan shuo Boek 13 · The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press

Over dit e-boek

This pocket-sized paperback is one of the thirty titles published for 2019 Hong Kong International Poetry Nights. The theme of IPHHK2019 is "Speech and Silence". From 19–24 November 2019, 30 invited poets from various countries gathered in Hong Kong to read their works based on the theme "peech and Silence." Included in the anthology and box set, these unique works are presented with Chinese and English translations in bilingual or trilingual formats. Poets include Ana Luisa Amaral (Portugal), Maxim Amelin (Russia), Renato Sandoval Bacigalupo (Peru) , Jen Bervin (USA), Ana Blandiana (Romania), Tamim Al-Barghouti (Palestine), Abbas Beydoun (Lebanon), Milosz Biedrzycki (Poland), Derek Chung (Hong Kong), Louise Dupr? (Canada), Forrest Gander (USA), Hwang Yu Won (South Korea), Maozi (PRC), Mathura (Estonia), Sergio Raimondi (Argentina), Ana Ristovi? (Serbia), K. Satchidanandan (India), Martin Solotruk (Slovakia), Ales Steger (Slovenia), Maria Stepanova (Russia), T?th Krisztina (Hungary), Ijeoma Umebinyuo (Nigeria), Anastassis Vistonitis (Greece), Jan Wagner (Germany), Ernest Wichner (Germany), Yang Chia-Hsien (Taiwan), Yasuhiro Yotsumoto (Japan), Yu Youyou (PRC), Zheng Xiaoqiong (PRC), and Zhou Yunpeng (PRC).

Over de auteur

Maozi (PRC), the pen name of the poet Yu Qing, was born in the city of Yidu in Hubei Province in the 1960s. She currently resides in Yichang. She used to be a worker, a salesman, a freelancer, and an editor. Her numerous accolades include Yangtze River Artist of the Year, Wen Yiduo Poetry Prize, and Li Du Poetry Awards. Her published poetry collections include The Difficulties of Time and My Homesickness Is Different from Yours.