Bei Ling
Chinese poet, and journal editor
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Bei Ling (Chinese: 貝嶺) (born December 28, 1959, in Beijing) is a Chinese poet, and journal editor.[1][2] He is usually associated with the Chinese misty poets.[3]
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| Born | December 28, 1959 |
| Alma mater | Capital University of Economics and Business, Brown University |
| Genre | Poetry |
| Literary movement | Independent Chinese PEN Center |
Life
He came to the United States as an exchange student, he was a fellow at Brown University.[4] After the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, in 1992, he founded the literary journal 傾向 (Tendency).[5]
In 2000, he opened an office in Beijing.
He launched a literary magazine named Tendency in 1993 as a platform for young underground writers' talents.[6] On August 13, 2000, he was detained for 14 days at the Qinghe Detention Center, and charged with "illegal publication." After an international protest, he was fined $24,000, and deported.[7]
He lives in Boston, and New York City. He founded the Independent Chinese PEN Center together with Liu Xiaobo[8] and later became its president [9]
In 2009, he sought dialogue with Chinese officials at the Frankfurt Book Fair.[10] In 2010, he wrote about Liu Xiaobo in The Wall Street Journal.[11] In 2011, he organized a letter in support of Ai Weiwei.[12] In 2016, he was prominent in the campaign to preserve freedom of expression in Hong Kong after the Causeway Bay Books disappearances, one of whom was Gui Minhai, his friend since the 1980s.[6]
Works
- 主題與變奏, 貝嶺, 黎明文化事業股份有限公司, 1994, ISBN 978-957-16-0334-6
- 政治, 再见, Havel, Vaclav 哈维尔, 貝嶺, 林宗憲, 左岸文化: 傾向出版社出版, 2003, ISBN 978-986-7854-26-1
- 半先知與賣文人: 哈維爾評論集, 貝嶺, 鄭純宜, 傾向出版社, 2004, ISBN 978-957-0329-87-2
- 在土星的光環下 : 蘇珊·桑塔格紀念文選, 貝嶺, 傾向, 2007, ISBN 978-957-28408-6-3
- Wandering in March
- The Deceived
Works in English
- Bei Ling selected poems, 貝嶺, Willis Barnstone, Denis Mair, 傾向出版社, 2006, ISBN 978-957-28408-3-2