JIANG Tao 
Author

Poems

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Übersetzung

草地上 chinese

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宅男 chinese

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空军一号 chinese

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乌兰巴托的雪 chinese

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一个作了讲师的下午 chinese

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古猿部落 chinese

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诗与真 chinese

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装修与现实 chinese

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JIANG Tao 
Author

photo © Mike Schmidt
* 21.12.1970, Tianjin, China
lives in: Beijing, China
JIANG Tao, born in 1970, initially studied engineering before deciding for literature. Today he is the editor of the journal New Poetry Criticism and Lecturer for Chinese Literature in Beijing and is one of the major voices calling for a renewal in Chinese poetry. His texts are notable for their unexcited language, their wit and their irony. Jiang Tao uses the perspectives of his wide range of poetic personas to criticise various aspects of contemporary Chinese society. His poems are peopled by poverty-stricken pensioners, young emigrant workers and computer nerds, among others. But JIANG Tao does not only complain about social injustices. Instead, he uses ironic refractions to make the absurdity of supposed normality visible. His poems provoke laughter that sticks in the throat.

photo © Mike Schmidt
JIANG Tao has been invited to many international literature festivals and has been awarded prizes including the renowned Liu Li'an Prize for Poetry.
Publications

  • The Book of Birds

    Shanghai: 2005

  • New Poetry Collections and the Formation of Chinese New Poetry

    Peking: 2005

  • Bakunin’s Hand

    Peking: 2010

  • Good News

    Taipei: 2013

  • Tower in the Apartment: Literature and Youth in China in the 1920s

    Peking: 2015

Awards

  • 1997 Liu Li’an Prize for Poetry

  • 2005 National Award for Excellence in Doctoral Dissertations