Yu Jian

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One of China’s leading avant-garde poets, Yu Jian (b. 1954) began writing poetry in the 1970s. A versatile and prolific writer, he has published over forty books of poetry, prose, essays, and photography. His controversial 1994 poem, “File Zero,” is considered one of the most innovative and radical works in the history of contemporary Chinese poetry. He lives in Kunming, China.

  • A black and white photo of a man in a business suit perched on the edge of a dam with a fishing pole draped over its edge, the line disappearing into the water below

    WLT Student Translation Prize – Poetry by Yu Jian

    June 3, 2021 Yu Jian
    “A Fisherman at Lake Dian.” Photo by Yu Jian. Reading Glasses I am no longer young, a half-blind Homer, wearing reading glasses to see the world. The calendar shows that it is autu…

  • Flash Cards by Yu Jian

    Yu Jian
    Wang Ping & Ron Padgett, tr. Brookline, Massachusetts. Zephyr. 2010. xvi + 151 pages. $15. ISBN 978-0-9815521-3-2 Flash Cards is the first book-length collection of Yu Jian's poetry in E…