The A to Z of Modern Chinese Literature by Li-hua Ying

Author:Li-hua Ying
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Published: 2010-03-14T16:00:00+00:00

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XI CHUAN, PEN NAME OF LIU JUN (1960– ). Poet. Widely considered one of the most innovative poets living in China today, Xi Chuan was born in Jiangsu and graduated from Beijing University with a B.A. in English. In their college days, Xi Chuan, Hai Zi, and Luo Yihe were nicknamed the “Three Musketeers” on the Beijing University campus for their poetic gifts. After Hai Zi’s suicide, Xi Chuan undertook the project of collecting, editing, and publishing his friend’s work. Xi Chuan’s early work tends toward expansive, extravagant images, inspired by Li Po, the eighth-century poetical genius, earning him a reputation as a neoclassicist. An admirer of Jorge Luis Borges, Ezra Pound, and many other Western poets, Xi Chuan later combines the influences of European literature and traditional versification in a style that emphasizes clarity, precision, and rhythm, exemplified in poems such as “Yangguang xia de hai” (The Sea in the Sunlight), a modern sonnet in which the formal properties of a traditional form are adapted to modern Chinese to create a composite picture of dynamic images. “Xugou de jiapu” (Fabricated Pedigree), an allegorical poem, represents Xi Chuan’s attempt at reexamining the self in relation to historical events. He also experiments with long narrative poems that make liberal use of colloquial expressions. Among the numerous awards he has received are the 1994 Modern Chinese Poetry Prize and the 2001 Lu Xun Literature Prize. He currently teaches at the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing.

XI MURONG, (1943– ). Poet, essayist, and painter. A descendent of Mongolian nobility, Xi was born in Sichuan. She left China for Hong Kong in 1949 and moved to Taiwan in 1955. Popular among young readers in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and the mainland, Xi’s love poems, including those collected in Qi li xiang (Seven-li scent) and Wuyuan de qingchun (Unregrettable Youth), are sentimental and nostalgic in their refined expressions of the fragile and tumultuous emotions of adolescence. Xi has additionally published several collections of essays, including Xinling de tansuo (Soul-Searching). See also WOMEN.

XI XI, PEN NAME OF ZHANG YAN (1938- ). Fiction writer, essayist, and poet. Born in Shanghai, Xi Xi moved with her family to Hong Kong in 1950. She made a living by teaching English in an elementary school and worked on her own writing on the side, until 1979, when she retired from her teaching job to focus on writing. Several of her works have won prestigious awards in Taiwan. Widely considered the most important literary figure in Hong Kong, Xi Xi was influenced by Western modernist and postmodernist literature. Known as a master of versatility, she enjoys experimenting with a variety of styles and subjects. Huzi you lian (Mustache Has a Face) is one of her most innovative stories, in which Xi Xi creates a character who does everything against the norm, often asking strange questions such as “why do wings have butterflies?” “Xiang wo zheyang de yige nüzi” (A Girl Like Me) is one of her better-known stories. It

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