Modern Poems 100/Blue Volume

Author: Cai Tianxin
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Publish Date: 2005-08-01
Features: The series is edited by Dr. Cai Tianxin, a scholar with expertise in both humanities and sciences, and a poet who has traveled the world. He, along with ten renowned poets and translators from China, carefully selected and annotated 200 poems. Although the number of works is not large, they encompass more than 40 countries across five continents, including various poetic schools such as Symbolism, Surrealism, Expressionism, the New York School, and the Confessional School. The selection covers almost the entire poetic landscape of the 20th century. It is worth noting that the annotators are all contemporary famous poets who are passionate about translating foreign poetry. They are: Huang Canran, Xi Chuan, Wang Jixin, 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 gaze has strayed far from poetry for a long time, then please pause for a rest. Dr. Cai Tianxin, the series editor, is a scholar with expertise in both humanities and sciences, and a poet who has traveled the world. He, along with ten renowned poets and translators from China, carefully selected and annotated 200 poems. Although the number of works is not large, they encompass more than 40 countries across five continents, including various poetic schools such as Symbolism, Surrealism, Expressionism, the New York School, and the Confessional School. The selection covers almost the entire poetic landscape of the 20th century. It is worth noting that the annotators are all contemporary famous poets who are passionate about translating foreign poetry. They are: Huang Canran, Xi Chuan, Wang Jixin, 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 gaze has strayed far from poetry for a long time, then please pause for a rest.