Ji Bolun was born in 1883 in Boucheri, a mountain city in northern Lebanon. /kloc-When she was 0/2 years old, she went to Boston with her mother. Two years later, I returned to my motherland and studied Arabic, French and painting at Hikma School in Beirut. While studying, I founded Truth magazine with a radical attitude. 1908 published the novel Rebellious Soul, which angered the authorities. The following year, he moved to new york and engaged in literary and artistic creation activities until his death. He is the author of prose poetry anthology Tears and Laughter, Prophet, Sand and Foam, etc.
Ji Bolun is the pride of Lebanese literature. As a philosophical poet and an outstanding painter, like Tagore, he is a pioneer of modern oriental literature going to the world and a "giant standing on the bridge between eastern and western cultures". And there is a comment that "the prophet of God is raised in him". At the same time, the first school of Arab literature formed with him as the backbone-Syrian aesthetics school is famous all over the world.
Since the 1920s, Ji Bolun's creation has shifted from novels to prose and prose poems. Later, Lu Ji published a collection of prose poems: Pioneer (1920), Prophet (1923), Shamo (1926) and Son of Man Jesus (65438+). The Prophet is a masterpiece, full of metaphors and philosophies in the form of a parting message from a wise man. Ji Bolun also drew his own romantic and profound illustrations.
Ji Bolun believes that to sing "the song in the mother's heart", his works mostly take "love" and "beauty" as themes, and express deep feelings and lofty ideals through bold imagination and symbolism. Thought is greatly influenced by Nietzsche's philosophy. Works often reveal a cynical attitude, or show some mysterious power. He was the first writer who used prose poems in the history of modern Arabic literature, and led the famous overseas Arab literature group "Pen Club". Prophets were first introduced to China (translated by Bing Xin, 193 1). Since 1950s, it has been gradually known to readers in China. His songs: "Song of the Waves" and "Song of the Rain" entered the tenth lesson of the second volume of the eighth grade of People's Education Press.
1October 6th, born in Licun, near the famous "Holy Valley" in the mountainous area of northern Lebanon.
During his short and brilliant life journey, Ji Bolun experienced displacement, bereavement, love twists and turns, debt and illness.
He was born in a farmhouse in the mountains of northern Lebanon. The beautiful scenery of the strange mountains in his hometown gave him artistic inspiration.
/kloc-at the age of 0/2, Ji Bolun could not stand the brutal rule of the Ottoman Empire. He went to America with his mother and lived a poor life in Boston Chinatown. 1898, 15-year-old Ji Bolun returned to the motherland to study national history and culture and understand Arab society. Just over a year after 1902 returned to the United States, the disease took away his mother and three other relatives. His 14-year-old sister died of lung disease. Before her death, my sister cried and said "I hope to see my brother and father", but she didn't realize this wish.
Ji Bolun loves his half-brother very much. Before he could mourn his younger brother, his mother fell ill because she lost two children in succession. 1June, 903, her mother also left him. Ji Bolun once used a painting called Towards Eternity to describe the moment before her mother died. The mother's face in the painting is calm, calm and without any pain. When Ji Bolun recalled his mother's inspiration to his literary creation in the future, he emphasized that "my mother was and still is my soul." . I can still feel my mother's concern, influence and help. This feeling is stronger than when my mother was alive, which is incalculable. "
He made a living by writing and selling paintings, and struggled with his sister who cut and sewed clothes at the bottom of Jin and Yuan Dynasties. 1908, he was lucky to get the financial support of his friends to study painting in Paris, and was personally guided by Rodin and other artists. 19 1 1 After he returned to the United States, he lived in new york for a long time, engaged in literary and painting creation, and led the cultural trend of Arab expatriates. When he felt that death was coming, he was determined to make the fire of his life burn more vigorously, so he ignored his illness and sat at his desk all day until he died young at the age of 48.
1904 In May, with the arrangement of Mr. Dai and the help of many friends, Ji Bolun held his first solo exhibition in Mr. Dai's gallery. The exhibition was a success and opened the door for Ji Bolun's literary creation. Ji Bolun met the founder of Arab Expatriate, and he promised that Expatriate would publish two articles in distress situation every week. 1903- 1908 Ji Bolun published more than 50 essays in Overseas Chinese Daily, with the total title of Tears and Laughter.
Writing style
Ji Bolun's painting style, like his poetry style, was influenced by the English poet william blake (1757-1827), so the literary world called him "the black man of the 20th century". 1908—19 10 Rodin once affirmed and confidently evaluated Ji Bolun when he was studying painting art at the Paris Art Institute: "This Arab youth will become a great artist." Ji Bolun's paintings are collected in the memorial hall, which is full of romanticism and symbolism. In the history of oriental literature, Ji Bolun's artistic style is unique. Enlighten profound philosophy in wonderful metaphors. On the other hand, Ji Bolun's style can also be found in his unique language. He is a bilingual writer who can write in Arabic and English, and he is fluent in each language. The language style of his works has conquered generations of eastern and western readers. Americans once praised Ji Bolun as "like a storm blowing from the East and sweeping the West", and his works with a strong sense of the East were regarded as "the best gift from the East to the West".
main work
A collection of short stories: grassland brides and rebellious souls.
The novel Broken Wings
Prose "Music Short Chapters", "Poems of Flowers" and "My Mind warns me"
Selected Prose Poems The Prophet (considered as his masterpiece), Tears and Laughter, The Tempest? Pioneer, Sand and Foam, Jesus, Son of Man, Prophet's Garden, Wanderers and Songs (including songs of beauty, waves, rain, flowers and happiness).
Poetry: the song of the team, anecdotes, whispering with the soul.
Collection of Prose "Crazy People"
Poetic drama "God of the earth, Lazarus and his lover"