Yu Xiang – IPNHK 2011

Yu Xiang
Yu Xiang 宇向
China 中國大陸

A key figure of the post-70s Chinese poets, Yu Xiang was born in 1970 and began writing poetry in 2000. Her honors include the Rougang Poetry Prize (2002), the Yulong Poetry Prize (2006) and the Cultural China Annual Poetry Award (2007). Enigmatic and sensual, Yu Xiang’s writings are immensely popular. Her work includes a volume of poetry, Exhale (2006), a chapbook, Sorceress (2009), and the forthcoming collection, I Can Almost See the Clouds of Dust. She has also, as a visual artist, exhibited oil paintings at various venues. She currently lives in Ji’nan, the capital city of Shandong Province


宇向,中國70後重要詩人。曾獲「柔剛詩歌獎」(2002),「宇龍詩歌獎」(2006),「文化中國年度詩歌大獎」(2007)等獎項。宇向的作品「能有效挖掘自身的直覺、痛感和超驗的思維」,在海內外影響廣泛。她的作品包括詩集《哈氣》、《女巫師》,以及即將推出的詩集《我幾乎看到滾滾塵埃》。她也作為視覺藝術家參加繪畫藝術展覽。她現在居住在山東濟南。