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Tag Archives: poetry
Translation award vacant in Fifth Lu Xun Literary Prize
One laureate for poetry has a series of poems lauding women from Wuhan who light up the silver screen; the translation award is vacant this year.
Posted in Translation
Tagged Chinese Writers' Association, literature, Lu Xun Literary Prize, poetry, translation
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Translation and photography in Shanghai
At A Room With a View, btr writes poetry, posts photos of Shanghai, and covers literature in translation.
Posted in Blogs
Tagged @mwchinese, btr, photography, poetry
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“Footprints” in Chinese popular culture
‘Footprints in the sand show where one has been’ = 凡走过必留下痕迹. Where did this odd equivalence come from? Chinese bloggers track down a possible source.
Posted in Translation
Tagged Bible, footprints, Hu Ziwei, Lo Ta-yu, poetry, translation
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Let’s all write poetry! – the Zhao Lihua affair
Zhao Lihua (赵丽华) and her poetry start an online trend of writing nonsense verse. The latest egao phenomenon turns into a discussion of the nature of poetry.
Posted in Internet, Trends and Buzz
Tagged Ai Weiwei, egao, poetry, Zhao Lihua
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Beijing’s toilet travails and a foreskin poem
The framed advertisement to the left has appeared above urinals in public toilets around Beijing. It promotes the services of the Dongda Hospital for Anus and Intestinal Diseases and contains a poem. The poem is about misshapen foreskins.
Posted in 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, Advertising and Marketing, Humor, Media and Advertising, Trends and Buzz
Tagged circumcision, Dongda, hospitals, poetry, translation
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