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Hu Shi – first free verse poet in China

Tonight Prof. Marjorie Perloff talked about how French artist Duchamp turned ready-made into art in 1917, in NYC. Artists CHOOSE what to present… In that same year, Chinese young scholar Hu Shi published the first free verse poem in China

Hu Shi – first free verse poet in China

Tonight Prof. Marjorie Perloff talked about how French artist Duchamp turned ready-made into art in 1917, in NYC. Artists CHOOSE what to present… In that same year, Chinese young scholar Hu Shi published the first free verse poem in China

Beijing Poetry Festival & Croatian-Chinese Poets Exchange Program

Most of the contemporary poets in China (including myself) grew up in the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976) with RED (revolutionary) songs. There were very few movies in the whole country except those based on The Eight Revolutionary Model Plays and a few movies “imported” from the former communist countries such as Albania, Romania, and former Yugoslavia, which were a huge impact on us especially the theme songs –we practically grew up with those foreign movies and songs,

Beijing Poetry Festival & Croatian-Chinese Poets Exchange Program

Most of the contemporary poets in China (including myself) grew up in the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976) with RED (revolutionary) songs. There were very few movies in the whole country except those based on The Eight Revolutionary Model Plays and a few movies “imported” from the former communist countries such as Albania, Romania, and former Yugoslavia, which were a huge impact on us especially the theme songs –we practically grew up with those foreign movies and songs,

New Poetry Festival in China

Yinchuan Hongpai International Poetry Festival took place in Sept 2011 in Ningxia, China

New Poetry Festival in China

Yinchuan Hongpai International Poetry Festival took place in Sept 2011 in Ningxia, China