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Gu Cheng was born on 24 September, 1956 in Beijing, China, is an A 20th-century poet. Discover Gu Cheng'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 37 years old?

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Occupation Writer
Age 37 years old
Zodiac Sign Libra
Born 24 September, 1956
Birthday 24 September
Birthplace Beijing, China
Date of death 8 October, 1993
Died Place Ostend, Waiheke Island, Auckland, New Zealand
Nationality Beijing

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1956

Gu Cheng (September 24, 1956 – October 8, 1993) was a famous Chinese modern poet, essayist and novelist.

He was a prominent member of the "Misty Poets", a group of Chinese modernist poets.

Gu Cheng was born in Beijing on 24 September 1956.

He was the son of a prominent party member and the army poet Gu Gong.

At the age of twelve, his family was sent to rural Shandong because of the Cultural Revolution (as means of re-education) where they bred pigs.

There, he claimed to have learned poetry directly from nature.

1970

In the late 1970s, Gu became associated with the journal Today (Jintian) which began a movement in poetry known as "menglong" 朦胧 meaning "hazy", "obscure".

He became an international celebrity and travelled around the world accompanied by his wife, Xie Ye.

1987

The two settled in Rocky Bay, a small village on Waiheke Island, Auckland, New Zealand in 1987.

Gu taught Chinese at the University of Auckland in the City of Auckland.

1993

In October 1993, Gu Cheng attacked his wife with an axe before hanging himself.

She died later on the way to a hospital.

The story of his death was widely covered in the Chinese media.

The two-line poem titled "A Generation" ("一代人") was perhaps Gu Cheng's most famous contribution to contemporary Chinese literature.

It had been considered an accurate representation of the younger generation during the Chinese Cultural Revolution seeking knowledge and future.

(translated by Juan Yuchi)

The darkest night gave me dark-colored eyes

Yet with them I'm seeking light

黑夜给了我黑色的眼睛

我却用它寻找光明

1998

Gu Cheng's life was dramatised in the 1998 film The Poet, which focussed on his recurrent depression and the murder of his wife.