Mù Dān Poetry Collection (Vol. 1 & 2)

Author: Mu Dan
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Publish Date: 2006-12-01
Features: Mu Dan (1918–1977), originally named Zha Liangzheng, was a native of Haining, Zhejiang. He was a poet and poetry translator of the "Nine-Leaf School." This book is divided into two volumes. Volume I includes 166 poems written from 1934 to 1976, including previously unpublished works. In terms of arrangement, works that were previously published as independent collections are reorganized according to the original collections (works repeated in different collections are only found in their first appearance). Unpublished poems are listed under "Collected Poems Outside Collections," arranged by date of composition. At the end of Volume I, appendices include "Mu Dan's Self-Selected Poems" and "Unpublished Poems of Mu Dan's Later Years." Volume II includes 16 essays,, and reviews published from 1924 to 1963; 69 letters to friends and family written from 1943 to 1977; and diaries written intermittently from 1959 to 1977. The contents of this volume are published for the first time and hold significant historical and research value. For the convenience of readers, a "Chronology of Mu Dan (Zha Liangzheng)" is appended at the end of the book.