Misty Poets
The Misty Poets (Chinese: 朦胧诗人; pinyin: Ménglóng Shīrén) are a group of 20th century Chinese poets who reacted against the restrictions of the Cultural Revolution.[1][2] They are so named because their work has been officially denounced as "obscure", "misty", or "hazy" poetry (menglong shi).[3] The movement was initially centered on the magazine Jintian (Chinese: 今天; pinyin: Jīntiān; lit. 'Today'), which was published from 1978 until 1980, when it was banned.[4]
Guo Lusheng is among the earliest poets of the zhiqing generation poets and was an inspiration for several of the original Misty Poets. Four important misty poets, Bei Dao, Gu Cheng, Duo Duo and Yang Lian, were exiled after the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989. Jintian was resurrected in Sweden in 1990 as a forum for expatriate Chinese writers.
The work of the Misty Poets has had a strong influence on the lyrics of China's first generation of rock musicians, particularly Cui Jian.
List of Misty Poets
- Bei Dao
- Bei Ling
- Chou Ping
- Duo Duo
- Fei Ye
- Gu Cheng
- Ha Jin
- Jiang He
- Mang Ke
- Shu Ting
- Tang Yaping
- Xi Chuan
- Yang Lian
- Zhang Zhen
- Yan Li
References
- ^ "Introduction and commentary to Wang Ping's translations". Epc.buffalo.edu. 1995-02-20. Retrieved 2010-10-19.
- ^ "Avant Garde Poetry In China: The Nanjing Scene 1981 1992". World Literature Today. 71. 1997. Retrieved 2010-10-19.
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{{cite journal}}: Check date values in:|date=(help); Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ "A Brief Guide to Misty Poets". Poets.org. Retrieved 2010-10-19.
- Barnstone, Tony, ed. (1993). Out of the Howling Storm: The New Chinese Poetry. Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press. ISBN 0-8195-1210-9.
- Jones, Andrew F. (1992). Like a Knife: Ideology and Genre in Contemporary Chinese Popular Music. Cornell East Asia series, no. 57. Ithaca, New York: East Asia Program, Cornell University. ISBN 0-939657-57-0.
