Gu Cheng Gu Cheng: Male, originally from Shanghai, was born in Beijing in 1956. In 1969, he was transferred to a farm in Northeast Shandong with his father, and returned to Beijing in 1974. Worked as a porter, sawmiller, seconded editor, etc. In 1980, his employer was dissolved and he became unemployed. He started writing poetry during the "Cultural Revolution", began to study painting in 1973, and started writing again in 1977. After publishing his poems in "Today", it caused strong repercussions and huge controversy in the poetry circle, and he became the main representative of the Misty Poetry School. In early 1980, his work unit was disbanded, he lost his job, and he started to live a wandering life. Joined the Chinese Writers Association in 1985. In 1987, he was invited to visit Europe and the United States for cultural exchanges and lectures. In 1988, he went to New Zealand to teach Chinese classical literature and was hired as a researcher in the Asian Languages ??Department of the University of Auckland. He later resigned and lived in seclusion on Waiheke Island. In 1992, he received the German DAAD creative pension and wrote in Germany. On October 8, 1993, he killed his wife Xie Ye in his New Zealand residence due to a marriage dispute and then committed suicide. He left behind a large number of poems, essays, calligraphy, paintings and other works. In 1992, he won the German DAAD Creation Annuity. In 1993, he received the B?ll Creation Fund and wrote in Germany. In March 1993, he returned to China to visit relatives. The tragedy occurred shortly after the couple returned to New Zealand from Germany. His main works include "Dark Eyes" (published by People's Literature Publishing House in 1986), "Ying'er" (published by Beijing Huayi Publishing House in January 1994, co-authored with Xie Hua), "Lingtai Monologue" (March 1994) Published by Dunhuang Literature and Art Publishing House, edited by Lao Mu and A Yang), "Collected Poems of Gucheng", "Selected Poems of Gucheng's Fairy Tales and Fables", "City", etc. Some works have been translated into English, German, French and other languages. There are also collections of essays "Where Life Stops, the Soul Moves On" and poems "City", "Ghosts Enter the City", "From Nature to Self", and "I Have No Purpose". The novel "Ying'er" was co-written by the poet and his wife Remy (Xie Ye) before his death.
Gu Cheng is the main author of the Misty Poetry School. He is the author of poetry collections "The Moon in the Daytime", "Selected Lyrical Poems of Shu Ting and Gu Cheng", "Songs of the Lonely in the North", "Iron Bell", "Black Eyes", "Selected Poems of Beidao and Gucheng", "Collected Poems of Gucheng", "Selected Poems of Gucheng's Fairy Tales and Fables", "Selected Collection of New Poems of Gucheng". After his death, his father Gu Gong edited and published "The Complete Collection of Gu Cheng's Poems".
The representative poet of the Misty School, his life is a legend, if you like it, go and learn about it
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Reading his poems yourself is the best introduction to him
I have always thought that understanding a poet’s life is meaningless