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Yang Lian was born on 22 February, 1955 in Bern, Switzerland, is a Swiss-Chinese poet (born 1955). Discover Yang Lian's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 69 years old?

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Occupation Poet
Age 69 years old
Zodiac Sign Pisces
Born 22 February 1955
Birthday 22 February
Birthplace Bern, Switzerland
Nationality Switzerland

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1955

Yang Lian (楊煉 Yáng Liàn; born 22 February 1955) is a Swiss-Chinese poet associated with the Misty Poets and also with the Searching for Roots school.

He was born in Bern, Switzerland, in 1955 and raised in Beijing, where he attended primary school.

1966

His education was interrupted by the outbreak of the Cultural Revolution after 1966.

1974

In 1974 he was sent to Changping county near Beijing to undergo 're-education through labor', where he undertook a variety of tasks including digging graves.

1977

In 1977, after the Cultural Revolution had ended and Mao Zedong had died, Yang returned to Beijing, where he worked with the state broadcasting service.

Yang began writing traditional Chinese poetry while working in the countryside, despite this genre of poetry being officially proscribed under the rule of Mao Zedong.

1979

In 1979, he became involved with the group of poets writing for 'Today' (Jintian) magazine, and his style of poetry developed into the modernist, experimental style common within that group.

1980

The 'Today' group attracted considerable controversy during the early 1980s, and the initially derogatory term of 'Misty Poets' was applied to them at this time.

1983

In 1983, Yang's poem 'Norlang' (the name of a waterfall in Tibet) was criticised as part of the Anti-Spiritual Pollution Campaign, and a warrant was put out for his arrest.

He managed to escape after a tip-off from friends; the campaign ended shortly afterwards.

1989

Yang Lian was invited to become a visiting scholar by the University of Auckland in February 1989.

Yang Lian was in Auckland, New Zealand at the time of the Tiananmen incident, and was involved with protests against the actions of the Chinese government.

His work was blacklisted in China shortly after June 4, 1989, and two books of his poetry awaiting publication there were pulped.

Since then, he became a Chinese poet in exile in New Zealand.

Yang Lian has published fifteen collections of poems, two collections of poetical prose, many essays and one big book of autobiographical prose in Chinese.

He has translated all George Orwell's fiction works into Chinese (not published yet because of the censorship in China very recently).

1993

Although he has retained New Zealand citizenship (1993), and later became a British citizen (2008) too.

1997

he has lived in London since 1997, and he lives in Berlin and London now.

2005

Since 2005 he is professor at European Graduate School in Saas-Fee, Switzerland and artistic director of the Unique Mother Tongue series of international poetry-arts events held periodically in London.

2012

Yang Lian was a fellow of Wissenschaftskolleg in Berlin for 2012 / 2013.

he is a guest professor of Nanjing University of the Arts, The Arts College of Hebei University and Yangzhou University.

2013

His latest book in English is The Third Shore, the anthology of Chinese – English poets’ mutual translation (co-editor W. N. Herbert), published by Shearsman Books (UK), and Eastern Chinese Normal University Press (China), 2013.

his latest book-length poem was titled Narrative Poem, an autobiographical poem.

Yang Lian has held writers' fellowships in Australia, United States, Italy and Germany, and has travelled broadly.

In 2013, he was invited to become a member of The Norwegian Academy for Literature and Freedom of Expression.

Along with fellow Misty Poets, he has reportedly been nominated for the Nobel Prize for Literature.

2014

Since 2014, he has been invited to be a distinguished professor and a writer in residency at Shantou University, Guangdong Province, China.

2017

Since 2017, he, together with Mang Ke and Tang Xiaodu, republished the online magazine Survivors Poetry as one of two chief editors.

The books of translated Yang Lian's poems in other languages include German, French, Italian, Japanese, Danish, Swedish, Slovenian, Arabic, Portuguese, Hungarian...etc.

This edition of Yang Lian's poems and Ai Weiwei's visual images was realized by the publishing house Damocle Edizioni – Venice in 200 numbered copies on Fabriano Paper.

2018

The book was printed in Venice, in May 2018.

Every book is hand-signed by Yang Lian and Ai Weiwei.