About this ebook
Following the convening of Hong Kong International Poetry Nights 2011, The World of Words is a collection of selected works by some of the most internationally acclaimed poets today. The poem of "A Song of the Corner" by Xi Chuan (China) is finest contemporary poetry in trilingual or bilingual presentation.
About the author
Born in 1963 in Jiangsu province, and graduated from the English Department of Peking University in 1985, Xi Chuan has published four collections of poems, two books of essays, one book of critique and one book of selected works, in addition to a play and numerous translations, including works of Ezra Pound, Jorge Luis Borges and Czeslaw Milosz. His poetry and essays have been widely anthologized and translated. He won various prizes, honors and fellowships.
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