Bei Ling
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Bei Ling (born December 28, 1959 Beijing
) is a Chinese poet
, and journal editor.
He came to the United States
on an exchange, he was a fellow at Brown University
.
After the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989
, in 1992, he founded the literary journal 傾向 (Tendency).
Beginning in 1998, he traveled to China, Hong Kong
, and Taiwan
.
In 2000, he opened an office in Beijing
.
On August 13, 2000, he was detained for 14 days at the Qinghe Detention Center, and charged with "illegal publication."
After an international protest, he was fined $24,000, and deported.
He lived in Boston
, and New York City
.
He is Executive Director of the Independent Chinese PEN Center.
In 2009, he sought dialogue with Chinese officials at the Frankfurt Book Fair
.
In 2010, he wrote about Liu Xiaobo
in The Wall Street Journal.
In 2011, he organized a letter in support of Ai Weiwei
.
Beijing
Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...
) is a Chinese poet
Poet
A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
, and journal editor.
He came to the United States
United States
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on an exchange, he was a fellow at Brown University
Brown University
Brown University is a private, Ivy League university located in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Founded in 1764 prior to American independence from the British Empire as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations early in the reign of King George III ,...
.
After the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989
Tiananmen Square protests of 1989
The Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, also known as the June Fourth Incident in Chinese , were a series of demonstrations in and near Tiananmen Square in Beijing in the People's Republic of China beginning on 15 April 1989...
, in 1992, he founded the literary journal 傾向 (Tendency).
Beginning in 1998, he traveled to China, Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
, and Taiwan
Taiwan
Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...
.
In 2000, he opened an office in Beijing
Beijing
Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...
.
On August 13, 2000, he was detained for 14 days at the Qinghe Detention Center, and charged with "illegal publication."
After an international protest, he was fined $24,000, and deported.
He lived in Boston
Boston
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, and New York City
New York City
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.
He is Executive Director of the Independent Chinese PEN Center.
In 2009, he sought dialogue with Chinese officials at the Frankfurt Book Fair
Frankfurt Book Fair
The Frankfurt Book Fair is the world's largest trade fair for books, based on the number of publishing companies represented. As to the number of visitors, the Turin Book Fair attracts about as many visitors, viz. some 300,000....
.
In 2010, he wrote about Liu Xiaobo
Liu Xiaobo
Liu Xiaobo is a Chinese literary critic, writer, professor, and human rights activist who called for political reforms and the end of communist single-party rule in China...
in The Wall Street Journal.
In 2011, he organized a letter in support of Ai Weiwei
Ai Weiwei
Ai Weiwei is a Chinese contemporary artist, active in sculpture, installation, architecture, curating, photography, film, and social, political and cultural criticism. Ai collaborated with Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron as the artistic consultant on the Beijing National Stadium for the 2008...
.
Works
- 主題與變奏, 貝嶺, 黎明文化事業股份有限公司, 1994, ISBN 9789571603346
- 政治, 再见, Havel, Vaclav 哈维尔, 貝嶺, 林宗憲, 左岸文化: 傾向出版社出版, 2003, ISBN 9789867854261
- 半先知與賣文人: 哈維爾評論集 , 貝嶺, 鄭純宜, 傾向出版社, 2004, ISBN 9789570329872
- 在土星的光環下 : 蘇珊·桑塔格紀念文選 , 貝嶺, 傾向, 2007, ISBN 9789572840863
- Wandering in March
- The Deceived
Works in English
- Bei Ling selected poems, 貝嶺, Willis Barnstone, Denis Mair, 傾向出版社, 2006, ISBN 9789572840832
External links
- "Under the aura of Saturn", Griffith REVIEW Edition 18
- http://www.nybooks.com/contributors/bei-ling/
- Bei Ling, Chinese poet and journal editor