Cai Qijiao (1918121-20071), a native of Jinjiang, Fujian, is a famous contemporary poet and essayist. His representative works include Double Rainbow Collection, Fujian Collection, Selected Works of Cai Qijiao and Cai Qijiao's Poetry Gallery. , died in Beijing on June 3, 2007 at the age of 89.
This explorer of China's new poetry, deeply influenced by American poet Whitman, is unique in the poetic world with his vivid writing, free and unrestrained language style and maverick lifestyle. Cai Qijiao is undoubtedly a famous poet with great influence in contemporary China and a valuable cultural heritage in Jinjiang.
Personal idea
Influenced by Whitman and Nie Luda, Cai Qijiao translated the works of Whitman, Nie Luda, Egri Tis, Pass and others. He also absorbed nutrition from China's traditional poems and folk songs, accepted various forms of Chinese and foreign poems, and paid attention to the diversity of themes and forms. The poet's pursuit of ideal, freedom, love and life, in the collision of mind and times, generate sparked poetry and became a witness of the 20th century.
Cai Qijiao, who is old, is still as passionate as yesterday. He insisted on writing and has been enthusiastic about cultivating new poets for many years. He has always enthusiastically encouraged and actively participated in social and literary activities. His poetic spirit has influenced several generations of poets, and Mr. Cai Qijiao is undoubtedly a famous poet with great influence in contemporary China.