An English Translation of Poems of the Contemporary Chinese Poet Hai Zi

Makes available the poetry of Hai Zi to English language readers. His death marks the transition of Chinese poetry from the serious 1980s to the experimental, but thematically trivial poetry of the 1990s.

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This volume makes available the poetry of Hai Zi to English language readers. His death marks the transition of Chinese poetry from the serious 1980s to the experimental but thematically trivial poetry of the 1990s. (At the age of twenty-five, Hai Zi committed suicide by laying down on a railroad track. He was holding a book by Professor Qiguang Zhao).