Jidi Majia

Jidi Majia, one of the most eminent poets and the sole cultural activist initiating several cultural events in China, was born into a great family of Yi nobility in the Daliangshan Highland, west of Sichuan Province. With a four-year formal schooling in Chinese language and world literatures, he graduated from Southwest Nationalities University. At the age of 24, he was the recipient of the highest state honors, much coveted by any would-be literary aspirants. Instant formal recognition has ensued. Sustainable quality output, with over 80 publications of poetry and prose, translated into over 40 languages, home and abroad, distinguishes him as a cultural icon across the Yi community ( and indeed, the whole ethnic community) as well as one of the leading poetic voices of international status in contemporary Chinese poetic writing.