Modern Poetry 100 Poems (Blue Volume)

Author: Cai Tianxin
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Publish Date: 2005-09-01
Features: The editor of this series, Dr. Cai Tianxin, is a scholar with expertise in both humanities and sciences, as well as a poet who travels the world. He was involved in and invited ten renowned poets and translators from China to carefully select and annotate 200 poems. Although the number of works is not large, they encompass five continents and over 40 countries, including various poetic schools such as Symbolism, Surrealism, Expressionism, the New York School, and the Confessional School. They cover almost the entire poetic landscape of the 20th century. It is worth mentioning that all the annotators are famous contemporary poets passionate about translating foreign poetry. They are: Huang Canran, Xi Chuan, Wang Jiaxin, Zhang Shuguang, Wang Jianzhao, Shu Cai, Sang Ke, Hu Xudong, Zhou Zan, Zhao Xia, and Cai Tianxin. Eight of them are also professors or associate professors at universities and research institutions. In a sense, this has become a kind of public opinion poll among poets. For example, most of the selected poets have only one work included, while the Argentine poet Borges has as many as seven. If your eyes have strayed away from poetry for a long time, then please take a break for a moment.