Wang Jiaxin

Is a poet, essayist, critic and translator. He was born in 1957 in Hubei Province and enrolled in Wuhan University in 1978. In 1985 he moved to Beijing and began working as an editor for the journal "Poetry". He is the author of more than thirty collections of poetry and essays and translations. He is also the editor of many poetry anthologies: "Poems from Modern European and American Poets" (three volumes), "Chinese Poetry in the 1990s" , "An Introductory Guide to the World Modern Poetry". Since 2006 he has been Professor of Literature at Renmin University of China. Wang Jiaxin is one of China's most eminent contemporary poets. He is highly regarded not only for his poetry, but also for his essays, criticism and translation. He has been invited frequently to attend international literary festivals and hold readings in many countries. His poetry and essays have received many awards. He is a former poet-in-residence at Colgate Univ., and 2013 resident in the Univ. of Iowa International Writing Program.A collection of his poems, "Dämmerung auf Gotland", published in Austria in 2011, "Nachgereichte Gedichte", published in Austria in 2017, "Night Train", published in Croatia in 2017. His collection of poems in English, titled "Darkening Mirror", translated by Diana Shi & George O'Connell with foreword by Robert Hass, was published in the US in 2017.