Lov (1928.5.11~), whose real name is Mo Yunduan and Molov. Born in Yanzishan, Xiangshi Township, Hengyang County, Hunan Province in 1928, he graduated from the English Department of Tamkang University. He once taught in the Foreign Languages ??Department of Soochow University, and is currently a visiting professor at Huaqiao University in China, Guangxi University for Nationalities, and president of the Canadian Driftwood Artists Association. In 1938, his family moved from the countryside to Zhimu Street, Daximen, Hengyang City, where he attended the National Central Primary School. In 1943, he entered the junior high school of Chengzhang Middle School and published his first prose "Autumn Courtyard" in the supplement of "Libao" under the pseudonym "Yesou". In 1946, he transferred to Yueyun Middle School and began to write new poems. He showed his talent with his debut poem "Autumn Wind". In 1947, he transferred to Hanzhang Middle School and formed the Frankie Drama Club and Frankie Art Research Club with his classmates, writing and performing progressive programs. He went to Taiwan in July 1949 and graduated from the English Department of Tamkang University. In 1996, he moved from Taiwan to Vancouver, Canada. Currently living in Vancouver, Canada.
In 1954, he co-founded the poetry magazine "Genesis" with his friend *** and served as editor-in-chief for decades. His works have been translated into English, French, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Swedish, Yugoslav and other languages, and have been included in major poetry anthologies, including the "Anthology of China's Top Ten Contemporary Poets".
Love has written extensively. He has published thirty-one collections of poems including "The Wound of Time", six collections of essays including "A Lotus at Noon", five collections of commentaries including "The Poet's Mirror", and translated eight collections including "The Biography of Hugo". His masterpiece "Death in the Stone Chamber" has been widely valued by the poetry community and has received constant reviews for more than 30 years. The English translation was published in 1994 by Dolan Press in San Francisco, USA. In 1982, his long poem "Reprint of Blood" won the China Times Literary Recommendation Award. In the same year, his collection of poems "The Wound of Time" won the Sun Yat-sen Literary Creation Award, and in 1983 he won the Wu Sanlian Literary Award. Won the Taiwan Literary Award in 1991. In 1999, Love's collection of poems "The Magic Song" was selected as one of Taiwan's literary classics. In 2001, the 3,000-line poem "Driftwood" was published, shocking the Chinese poetry world. In 2003, he was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Honorary Award by the China Literary and Art Association. In 2004, he won the Big Dipper Award of the "New Poetry World International Poetry Award" in Beijing.
There are many monographs on Love's works. The published ones include "The Transformation of the Poetic Demon: A Collection of Commentaries on Love's Poems", "Love and Modern Chinese Poetry", "Critical Biography of Love", "Poetry of a Generation" "Magic Love", "The Mystery of Wandering", "Experience of the Value of the Tragic Subject - Interpretation of Love's "Driftwood"", "Love: Poetry? Demon? Zen", etc. Love was a surrealist poet in his early years, and his expression techniques were almost magical, so he was hailed as the Poetic Demon in the poetry circle. He has been immersed in the exploration of calligraphy for many years. He is not only good at Wei stele and Han li, but also especially good at running cursive. His calligraphy style is lively and elegant, and his realm is lofty. He has been invited to exhibit in Taipei, Taichung, Philippines, Malaysia, Vancouver, New York, Jinan, Shenzhen, Hangzhou, Hengyang and other places many times.