725 Salon: Bei Dao, a Poet's Exile and Return Journey [in Mandarin]
VIEW EVENT DETAILSDiscussion with Bei Dao, a famous Chinese poet nominated for a Nobel Prize in Literature
Join us for a discussion with Bei Dao on his experiences overseas and his return journey to China in the eighth 725 Salon!
Bei Dao is the pen name of Chinese poet Zhao Zhenkai. Since 1987, he has lived and taught across western Europe and the United States. In 2001, he went back to China to look after his father, who had a serious illness, and published the prose collection City Gate, Open Up in 2010 based on his observations of his hometown Beijing. In April 2017, the English version of this book was published.
Bei Dao continued his work in exile and has won numerous awards, including the Tucholsky Prize from Swedish PEN, International Poetry Argana Award from the House of Poetry in Morocco, the Golden Wreath of the Struga Poetry Evenings, and the PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award. He has also been repeatedly nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Bei Dao’s work has been translated into 25 languages, including five poetry volumes in English along with the story collection Waves (1990) and the essay collections Blue House (2000) and Midnight's Gate (2005). He is an honorary member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
Bei Dao has taught and lectured at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana, the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, and Beloit College in Wisconsin, and is a professor of humanities at the Center for East Asian Studies at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
NOTE:
- Admission is free, but RSVP confirmation is required for attendance. For RSVP, please send an email to [email protected] by the September 30th.
- This program will be in Mandarin Chinese — English translation is unavailable.
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Asia Society 725 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10021