Zhang Zao
Zhang Zao | |
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张枣 | |
| Born | December 29, 1962 |
| Died | March 8, 2010 (aged 47) Tübingen University Hospital (Universitätsklinikum Tübingen), Germany |
| Notable work | Letters in Four Seasons (poem collection) |
Zhang Zao (
Zhang's writing was sparse, having written for half a century but left behind only about 130 poems.[4] He is arguably most famous for his debut poem in his early twenties, titled In the Mirror (《镜中》; 《鏡中》),[5] with the much quoted lines, "once regrets come to mind, plum blossoms fall and cover the Southern Mountain" (只要想起一生中后悔的事 / 梅花便落满了南山).[6] His style of poetry is described as "enigmatic", "complex" and "elegant", balancing between contemporary techniques and various aspects of classical Chinese literature aesthetics.[7][8] Being able to speak English, German and French, as well as Russian and Latin to some degree of familiarity, He was also able to write with a certain sort of "multilingualist" property, drawing inspirations from other languages.[8]
Zhang died of lung cancer on 8 March 2010 at the age of 48 at Tübingen University Hospital in Germany.[9] The only collection of his works published pre-humously is Letters in Four Seasons (《春秋来信》) , which contains 63 poems, selected by the poet himself.[10]
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References
- ^ OCLC 725017714.
- OCLC 54528263.
- OCLC 846125706.
- OCLC 692162731.
- OCLC 1227915405.
- OCLC 1050541989.
- ^ "About Poetry International Archives - Poetry International". www.poetryinternational.org. Retrieved 2021-03-11.
- ^ a b "《洞见》第133期：众人忆张枣_洞见频道_凤凰网". culture.ifeng.com. Retrieved 2021-03-11.
- ^ 芮虎. "若枣之性 如鹤之舞——与张枣之父忆诗人". Archived from the original on 2019-03-30. Retrieved 2019-03-30.
- ISBN 978-7-5302-1643-9.
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