Translated Work
回力鏢
Title:
Boomerang
Genre:
Poetry
First Publication Date:
2001
Publisher:
Research Centre for Translation, the Chinese University of Hong Kong
Language:
Bilingual (Chinese-English)
Author
Name:
WOO, Kwok-yin 胡國賢
Alternate Name:
羈魂 ; Kei Wan ; Ji-hun
Year of Birth:
1949
Birthplace:
Hong Kong
Gender:
Male
Biography:
Born in Hong Kong in 1946, Wu studied at The Chinese University of Hong Kong and became a teacher after graduation. He co-founded the poetry society 詩風社 [Wind of Poetry] and its magazine. His publications include the essay collections 《戮象》[Killing the Elephant] and 《七葉樹》[Seven-leaf Tree].
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Translator
Name:
CHAPMAN, Ian 常易安
Gender:
Male
Translator Biography:
Chapman joined the East Asia Library at the University of Washington as China Studies Reference and Instruction Specialist in 2019. Ian’s background is in interdisciplinary Chinese studies, mainly premodern. He previously taught language, literature, history, and religion courses at the same institution. He holds a PhD in Chinese history from Princeton University and recently earned his MS in Library and Information Science from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
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《詩雙月刊》總第35期，1997年8月1日，頁125-26。
Published Date of Source Text:
1997
Target Text Reference:
《詩雙月刊》總第35期，1997年8月1日，頁126-27