Mù Dān Poetry Collection - (Vol. 1 & 2)

Author: Chá Liángzhēng
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Publish Date: 2006-12-01
Features: Mù Dān (1918–1977), originally named Chá Liángzhēng, was a native of Haining, Zhejiang. He was a poet and poet 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 Volume I includes 166 poems written from 1934 to 1976, including previously unpublished works.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 once independently published are rearranged 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 Unpublished poems are listed under "Collected Poems Outside the Collection," sorted by writing date. At the end of Volume I, appendices include "Selected Poems by Mù Dān" and "Unpublished Poems of Mù Dān in His Later Years."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 content of this volume is newly compiled for the first time, holding significant historical and research value. For the convenience of readers, a "Chronology of Mù Dān (Chá Liángzhēng)" is appended at the end of the book.