Translated Work
舊書遺字
Title:
Forgotten Words Old Letters
Genre:
Poetry
First Publication Date:
2001
Publisher:
Research Centre for Translation, the Chinese University of Hong Kong
Language:
Bilingual (Chinese-English)
Author
Name:
CHAN, Chi-tak 陳智德
Alternate Name:
陳滅 ; CHAN, Chi Tak ; CHAN, Mit
Year of Birth:
1969
Birthplace:
Hong Kong
Gender:
Male
Biography:
Born in Hong Kong in 1961, Chan obtained his degree from Taiwan's Tunghai University and pursued his postgraduate studies at Lingnan University. He is the founder of the journals 《呼吸詩刊》 (Breathe) and 《詩潮》 (Wave of Poetry), and is currently teaching at the Education University of Hong Kong. His publications include 《解體我城：香港文學1950-2005》(Disintegration of My City : Hong Kong Literature 1950-2005) and 《地文誌：追憶香港地方與文學》(Land and Words : Recollections on Places of Hong Kong and Its Literature).
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Translator
Name:
LAI, Jane C. C. 黎翠珍
Gender:
Female
Translator Biography:
Lai studied at the University of Hong Kong and the University of Bristol. She taught English Literature and Translation at the University of Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Baptist University until her retirement in 2004. She has translated works of a number of local authors, including Leung Ping-Kwan (Ye Si) and Xiao Si into English. In 2009, she was awarded “Outstanding Translator Award” at the Eighteenth Hong Kong Stage Drama Awards by the Hong Kong Federation of Drama Societies.
Editor
Name:
CHEUNG, Martha 張佩瑤
Birthplace:
Hong Kong
Editor Biography:
Born in Hong Kong in 1953, Cheung taught at a number of universities, specialising in Literature and Translation Studies. Her translations of Chinese literature into English include Han Shaogong’s Homecoming? and numerous works of Hong Kong poets such as Leung Ping Kwan. She also co-edited anthologies including An Oxford Anthology of Contemporary Chinese Drama and Hong Kong Collage: Contemporary Stories and Writing.
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Name:
HUNG, Eva 孔慧怡
Birthplace:
Hong Kong
Editor Biography:
Born in Hong Kong, Hung received her doctorate at the University of London. She was the Director of the Research Centre for Translation at The Chinese University of Hong Kong and editor of the literary journal Renditions. She has translated works by Wang Anyi and Eileen Chang into English.
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Source Text Reference:
收入《呼吸詩刊》第7期，2001年12月，頁63。
Published Date of Source Text:
2001