{"id":643,"date":"2012-01-21T10:16:07","date_gmt":"2012-01-21T02:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=643"},"modified":"2012-01-21T10:16:37","modified_gmt":"2012-01-21T02:16:37","slug":"643","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=643","title":{"rendered":"Publication of Shi Zhi’s Winter Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"OUPress.Data.Entities.Image\"<\/a>Also in other contemporary Chinese poetry news, Winter Sun<\/em><\/a>, the selected poems of Shi Zhi <\/a>\u98df\u6307, translated by Jonathan Stalling<\/a>, is now available from Oklahoma University Press–the first book in the Chinese Literature Today Book Series<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Shi Zhi was one of the first poets in the PRC to enact a conscious break with orthodox Maoist style, and as such was a precursor not only to the so-called Obscure Poets<\/a> \u6726\u80e7\u8bd7\u4eba, but to Xi Chuan and his generation of writers as well. The publication of this book in English represents a big step in introducing English-language readers to the intricacies of contemporary Chinese poetry and the literary history of modern China.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Also in other contemporary Chinese poetry news, Winter Sun, the selected poems of Shi Zhi \u98df\u6307, translated by Jonathan Stalling, is now available from Oklahoma University Press–the first book in the Chinese Literature Today Book Series. 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Here's how it concludes: Winter Sun is a long-overdue collection of one of the leading figures in contemporary Chinese poetry. 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