| Old Snow: Poetry Contributor(s): Dao, Bei (Author), McDougall, Bonnie S. (Author), Maiping, Chen (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0811211827 ISBN-13: 9780811211826 Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation OUR PRICE: $11.66 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 1991 Annotation: Most of the poems in Bei Dao's new collection Old Snow were written while the author was aboard. After obtaining a passport in 1985, he was finally able to accept the many invitations he had received to take part in poetry reading in Europe and America over the next few years, often accompanied by his wife, the painter Shao Fei, and their daughter, Tiantian. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Asian - General - Poetry |
| Dewey: 895.115 |
| LCCN: 91016507 |
| Physical Information: 0.51" H x 5.65" W x 8.27" (0.48 lbs) 81 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Asian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Contributor Bio(s): Dao, Bei: - Bei Dao, born in Beijing in 1949, has traveled and lectured around the world. He has received numerous international awards for his poetry, and is an honorary member of The American Academy of Arts and Letters. Bei Dao, now a U.S. citizen, is currently Professor of Humanities in the Center for East Asian Studies at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. |