Hu Xian

Is a renowned poet and essayist, born in 1966 in Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province. He has worked as a teacher, journalist, and cultural center writer. He currently serves as Vice President of the Poetry Institute of China, Vice Chairman of the Writers’ Association of Jiangsu Province, and Editor-in-Chief of Yangtze River Poetry Journal. His published poetry anthologies include Shower (2011), Hourglass (2016), Empty Stairs (2017), Stone Sculpture and Butterfly (bilingual Chinese-English, 2020), Constellations (bilingual Chinese-Spanish, 2020), A Garden Lost and Found (2021), Insects in Amber (Spanish, 2021), Prelude to Water Melody (2023), and Guessing a Tree (2024). Hu has won the Top Ten Young Poets in the New Century Prize (2009), the Xu Zhimo Poetry Award (2012), Rougang Poetry Prize (2014), Poetry Magazine Annual Poetry Award (2014), Chinese Poetry Ranking Annual Award (2015), Tencent Academy Literature Award (2016), Huadi Literature Year Poets Award (2017), Purple Mountain Literature Award (2017), “Stars” Poet of the Year Award (2018), “October” Literature Award (2018), Lu Xun Literature Award (2018), “Zhongshan” Literature Award (2021), “Caitang” Poetry Award Grand Prize (2022), Prize of Silver Willow during Cambridge Poetry Festival (2022), and Ocean Poetry Achievement Award (2024), among others. He currently resides in Nanjing.