Ouyang Jianghe
Was born in Luzhou, Sichuan Province in 1956 while his ancestral hometown was in Hebei, China. As a nationally known poet, and a critic on poetry, music and culture, his works have been published since 1979.
Was born in Luzhou, Sichuan Province in 1956 while his ancestral hometown was in Hebei, China. As a nationally known poet, and a critic on poetry, music and culture, his works have been published since 1979, including over 200 poems, many articles on poetry, and lots of reviews on contemporary fine art, music, film, and drama, which amount over 350,000 words. His books published in China include the poem collection Through the Glass of Words (1997, Reform Press), the collection of poems and criticism Who Leave, Who Stay (1997, Hunan Literature and Art Publishing House), the collection of reviews and essays Standing on the Side of Fiction (2000, SDX Joint Publishing House), and the poem collection Tears of Things (2008, The Writers Publishing House). He is now living in Beijing, engaged in writing and cultural exchange affairs both domestic and abroad. As a poet, Ouyang Jianghe’s writing accentuates the originality and sophistication of thoughts and hybridity of language, emphasizes the deep links between personal experience and public realities. As a poetry critic, he has made particular contributions to both the theorization and text analysis of contemporary Chinese poetry. Ouyang Jianghe’s writing practice is highly characterized as contemporary, and has made broad and lasting influence among his peers, whereby he is recognized as one of the most important poets of China since 1980s.
