02344nam a22002537a 4500 20240430102725.0 240430b |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 2021029865 9780593240724 (hardcover) HSLRC HSLRC HSLRC PL2833.I2 .S45 2021 Ai, Qing, 1910-1996, author. 51357 Selected poems / Ai Qing ; translated by Robert Dorsett ; foreword by Ai Weiwei. ∙ First edition. New York : Crown, c2021 rdacontent text txt rdamedia unmediated n rdacarrier volume nc "A timeless, visionary collection of poems from one of China's most acclaimed poets-now available in English for the first time in a generation and featuring a foreword by his son, contemporary artist and activist Ai Weiwei. One of the most influential poets in Chinese history, Ai Qing is mostly unknown to American readers, but his work has shaped the nature of poetry in China for decades. Born between the fall of imperial Manchurian rule and the establishment of the Communist People's Republic, Ai Qing was at one time an intimate of Mao Zedong. He would eventually fall out with the leader and be sentenced to hard labor during the Cultural Revolution, when he was exiled to the remote part of the country known as "Little Siberia" with his family, including his son, Ai Weiwei. In his work, Ai Qing tells the story of a China convulsing with change, leaving behind a legacy of feudalism and imperialism but uncertain about what the future will hold. Breaking with traditional forms of Chinese poetry, Ai Qing innovatively adapted free verse, writing with a simple sincerity in clear lines that could be understood by everyday readers. Selected Poems is an extraordinary collection that traces the powerful inner life of this influential poet who crafted poems of protest, who longed for a newer, happier age, and who wrote with a profound lyricism that reaches deep into the heart of the reader"-- Ai, Qing, 1910-1996 Translations into English. 51358 Chinese poetry ChineTranslations into English. 20th century 51359 lcgft Free verse. 51360 lcc BK CIR PL2833.I2 .S45 2021 95041 95041 0 0 lcc 0 0 HSLRC HSLRC CIR 2024-04-30 1344.00 1 PL2833.I2 .S45 2021 HS14335 2026-01-08 00:00:00 2025-11-20 1 2024-04-30 BK 0 0 ddc 0 0 SRCGS SRCGS SRC 2024-04-30 1344.00 0 SC Av51 1989 SC04493 2025-10-06 00:00:00 1 2024-04-30 BK