Bei Dao

Bei Dao

male, 60 years old
poet, Mang Ke, Jintian, Duo Duo, "Huida", Zhao Zhenkai…TiananmenIncident, 1976 Tiananmen demonstrations, Tiananmen Square protests of 1989
Bei Dao is the pseudonym of Chinese poet Zhao Zhenkai. He was born in Beijing, his pseudonym was chosen because he came from the north and because...
Ha Jin

Ha Jin

male, 53 years old
Boston University, Cultural Revolution, Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, PEN/Hemingway Award, National Book Award, TiananmenIncident
Jīn Xuěfēi is a contemporary Chinese-American writer using the pen name Ha Jin (哈金). Ha Jin was born in Liaoning, China in 1956. His father was a m...