Shu Ting
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Shu Ting is the pseudonyms of Gong Peiyu (Chinese: 龚佩瑜, pinyin
: Gǒng Pèiyú), a Chinese poet.
, she was sent to the countryside, (because her father was accused of ideological nonconformity), until 1973. Back in Fujian, she had to work at a cement factory, a textile mill, and a lightbulb factory. She began to write poetry in 1969 and her work was published in several literary magazines. Her poetry began to appear in the underground literary magazine Jīntiān (Today).
In the early 1980s, she achieved prominence as the leading female representative of the Misty Poets
. Her first collection, Shuangwei chuan appeared in 1982, as did a joint-collection with Gu Cheng
.
She was asked to join the official Chinese Writers' Association, and won the National Outstanding Poetry Award in 1981 and 1983.
During the "anti-spiritual pollution" movement that was launched in 1983, she, like other writers that were thought to be subversive by the state, was heavily criticised. Following this she published two collections with poetry: Hui changge de yiweihua and Shizuniao.
Pinyin
Pinyin is the official system to transcribe Chinese characters into the Roman alphabet in China, Malaysia, Singapore and Taiwan. It is also often used to teach Mandarin Chinese and spell Chinese names in foreign publications and used as an input method to enter Chinese characters into...
: Gǒng Pèiyú), a Chinese poet.
Life
During the Cultural RevolutionCultural Revolution
The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, commonly known as the Cultural Revolution , was a socio-political movement that took place in the People's Republic of China from 1966 through 1976...
, she was sent to the countryside, (because her father was accused of ideological nonconformity), until 1973. Back in Fujian, she had to work at a cement factory, a textile mill, and a lightbulb factory. She began to write poetry in 1969 and her work was published in several literary magazines. Her poetry began to appear in the underground literary magazine Jīntiān (Today).
In the early 1980s, she achieved prominence as the leading female representative of the Misty Poets
Misty Poets
The Misty Poets are a group of 20th century Chinese poets who reacted against the restrictions of the Cultural Revolution.They are so named because their work has been officially denounced as "obscure", "misty", or "hazy" poetry...
. Her first collection, Shuangwei chuan appeared in 1982, as did a joint-collection with Gu Cheng
Gu Cheng
Gu Cheng was a famous Chinese modern poet, essayist, and novelist. He was a prominent member of the "Misty Poets", a group of Chinese modernist poets.-Biography:...
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She was asked to join the official Chinese Writers' Association, and won the National Outstanding Poetry Award in 1981 and 1983.
During the "anti-spiritual pollution" movement that was launched in 1983, she, like other writers that were thought to be subversive by the state, was heavily criticised. Following this she published two collections with poetry: Hui changge de yiweihua and Shizuniao.
Works
- The mist of my heart: selected poems of Shu Ting, Translator William O'Donnell, Panda Books, 1995, ISBN 9780835131483
- Shu Ting: Selected Poems (ed. by Eva Hung). Hong Kong: Renditions Paperbacks, 1994.
- "Shu Ting", Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars, Vol. 16, 1984