The author of "North"

The author of the poem North is Ai Qing, a modern writer.

Ai Qing (19 10 March 27th ~1May 5th, 996), whose real name is Jiang Haicheng (formerly known as Jiang Zhenghan, the word Yangyuan,No. Haicheng). He used pen names such as Ega, Kea and Linbi. Born in Jinhua, Zhejiang Province, he is a modern writer, poet and painter. In this poem, the poet expresses his deep concern for the motherland in dire straits, his deep sympathy for the situation of the people in the war, and his indescribable love for ancient China.

The North is a new poem written by modern poet Ai Qing 1938 in February. In this poem, the poet not only laments the poverty and backwardness in the north and the suffering brought to the people in the north by the war, but also eulogizes the unyielding will to survive and the determination to defend the country since ancient times, and has strong patriotic feelings. The whole poem is lyrical and freehand with images, which outlines a dynamic picture of the northland, vivid and accurate.

Ai Qing's creative characteristics

Ai Qing's works generally describe symbolic things such as the sun, torches and dawn, showing Ai Qing's hatred of darkness and terror in the old society and his yearning and pursuit of dawn, light and hope. Ai Qing, starting from his love for rural working people and approaching their demands, has been presenting his most authentic poems to them for more than ten years.

Ai Qing's poetry inherits the fine tradition of new literature with its close combination with reality and full of fighting spirit, and becomes an important gain in the development of new poetry with its exquisite and innovative artistic style. This not only reflects the author's artistic talent, but also bears in mind his serious and arduous artistic practice. In his poems, the full enterprising spirit and rich life experience bring something different.