Translated Work
白玉苦瓜
Title:
The White Jade Bitter Gourd
Genre:
Poetry
Page Numbers:
537 - 539
First Publication Date:
1995
Publisher:
Columbia University Press
Language:
Monolingual (English)
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Author
Name:
YU, Kwang-chung 余光中
Alternate Name:
YU, Kwang-chung
Year of Birth:
1928
Birthplace:
Nanjing, China
Gender:
Male
Biography:
Born in Nanjing in 1928, Yu fled to Taiwan in 1949 and received university education there. After publishing his first poetry collection in 1952, he co-founded a poetry society with other young authors and went to the United States in 1958. He arrived in Hong Kong in 1974 and joined The Chinese University of Hong Kong, where he nurtured aspiring writers and produced many of his best-known works.
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Translator
Name:
YU, Kwang-chung 余光中
Gender:
Male
Translator Biography:
Born in Nanjing in 1928, Yu fled to Taiwan in 1949 and received university education there. After publishing his first poetry collection in 1952, he co-founded a poetry society with other young authors and went to the United States in 1958. He arrived in Hong Kong in 1974 and joined The Chinese University of Hong Kong, where he nurtured aspiring writers and produced many of his best-known works.
Editor
Name:
LAU, Joseph Shiu-ming 劉紹銘
Birthplace:
Hong Kong
Editor Biography:
Born in Hong Kong in 1934, Lau went to Taiwan and the United States for his postgraduate studies in literature. He taught at a number of universities in Hong Kong, Singapore and the United States. His publications include 《吃馬鈴薯的日子》 [Days of Eating Potatoes] which records his student life in the United States.
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Name:
GOLDBLATT, Howard 葛浩文
Birthplace:
United States
Editor Biography:
Goldblatt was Research Professor of Chinese at the University of Notre Dame from 2002 to 2011, and is a prolific translator of modern Chinese fiction, renowned for his translations of the Nobel Laureate Mo Yan, among others. He is the founding editor of the periodical Modern Chinese Literature.
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Source Text Reference:
收入《白玉苦瓜》(1974)，頁147-50。
Published Date of Source Text:
1974
Target Text Reference:
The Night Watchman: A Bilingual Selections of Poems (1992), pp.82