Sidetracks by Bei Dao
Sidetracks, Bei Daos first new collection in almost fifteen years, is also the poets first long poem and his magnum opusthe artistic culmination of a lifetime devoted to the renewal and reinvention of language.
Sidetracks
Sidetracks
Summary
Sidetracks, Bei Daos first new collection in almost fifteen years, is also the poets first long poem and his magnum opusthe artistic culmination of a lifetime devoted to the renewal and reinvention of language.
Sidetracks Summary
About Bei Dao
Bei Dao, pen name of Zhao Zhenkai, was born in Beijing in 1949. Forced into exile after the Tiananmen Massacre, he lived in Europe and the US until 2007, then settling in Hong Kong until, only recently, moving back to Beijing. Bei Dao is the author of seven books of poetry, a short-story collection, two essay collections, and an autobiography. His awards and honors include the Aragana Poetry Prize from the International Festival of Poetry in Casablanca and the Tuchosky Prize from Swedish PEN.;Jeffrey Yang is the author of four books of poetry and translator of Bei Daos autobiography City Gate, Open Up and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Liu Xiaobos June Fourth Elegies. He works as the Editor-At-Large for New Directions Publishing, and also edits titles for New York Review Books.
Additional information
GOR013901180
9781800174276
1800174276
Sidetracks by Bei Dao
Used - Like New
Paperback
Carcanet Press Ltd
2024-07-25
144
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