Wang Yin

Wang Yin, born in Shanghai, emerged in the 1980s as one of a vital new generation of poets who pushed experimentation in new directions, grounding work drawing inspiration from both avant-garde movements abroad and the possibilities inherent in the Chinese language in everyday experience. His selected poems were published in China in 2005, and his 2015 collection Limelight won two of China's top poetry prizes. He works as a columnist and reporter at Southern Weekly, China's leading liberal...See more

Wang Yin, born in Shanghai, emerged in the 1980s as one of a vital new generation of poets who pushed experimentation in new directions, grounding work drawing inspiration from both avant-garde movements abroad and the possibilities inherent in the Chinese language in everyday experience. His selected poems were published in China in 2005, and his 2015 collection Limelight won two of China's top poetry prizes. He works as a columnist and reporter at Southern Weekly, China's leading liberal newspaper, covering culture and the arts. His art criticism and interviews with artists have been collected in three volumes in China, and his own photography--;often work documenting his engagement with contemporary art, artists and writers--continues to gain exposure in galleries and publications internationally. See less