Fall 1994

 Five Poems

Bei Dao and Translated by David Hinton

Bei Dao is the nom de plume of Zhao Zhenkai, widely considered one of China’s most important contemporary authors. His poems have been translated into more than 30 languages.

(view contributions by Bei Dao)
David Hinton has published numerous books of poetry and essays, and many translations of ancient Chinese poetry and philosophy. This work has earned many national awards, including a Guggenheim Fellowship and both of the major awards given for poetry translation in the United States: the Landon Translation Award (Academy of American Poets) and the PEN American Translation Award. Most recently, Hinton received a lifetime achievement award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
(view contributions by David Hinton)