Bei Dao

2008 Puterbaugh Fellow Bei Dao

Bei Dao. Photo by Simon Hurst

Bei Dao is the most distinguished poet of his generation and considered by many to be one of the major writers of modern China. Born Zhao Zhenkai on August 2, 1949, in Beijing, his pseudonym, Bei Dao, literally means “Northern …

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