Neustadt International Prize for Literature
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Edition 21 (2010) Winner
Duo Duo
ドゥオドゥオ
Duoduo
Pen Names:
Duo Duo（Pen name used for poetry）
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1951-01-01 （Beijing, China）
- Nationality
- China
- Languages
- Chinese
- Residence History
- Beijing → Baiyangdian (sent-down youth location) → London, UK → Canada → Netherlands → Hainan, China
Career
- Occupations
- Poet, University lecturer
- Active Years
- 1970-
- Influenced By
- Charles Baudelaire, Marina Tsvetaeva, Sylvia Plath, Bei Dao, Gu Cheng, Mang Ke
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Neustadt International Prize for Literature | — | — | Neustadt Prize jury/organization | 受賞 |
Neustadt International Prize for Literature
2010
Organization:
Neustadt Prize jury/organization
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Looking Out From Death
PoetryEarly poems are short and elliptical, sometimes with barbed political references. From the mid-1980s his style shifted to longer, more philosophical poems; later work frequently addresses exile and rootlessness.
exilelossmemoryrootlessness
Translations
- English translations (notably by Gregory B. Lee and others)
The Boy Who Catches Wasps
PoetryA selected poetry collection introduced into English; characterized by fragmentary images and an introspective voice, situated within the Misty Poets lineage.
childhoodnature and the cityalienation
Translations
- English translation (selected poems translated and published, e.g. 2002)
Bibliography
- Lessons (Instruction)
- Watching the Sea
- The Boy Who Catches Wasps (Selected Poetry)
Translations of Works
- The Boy Who Catches Wasps: Selected Poetry of Duo Duo (English, 2002 and other editions)
- Multiple poems translated into English by Gregory B. Lee and others
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Symbolic and suggestive expression linked to the Misty Poets traditionEarly short, fragmentary poems; from the 1980s longer, more philosophical linesAttention to sound and rhetoric
- Recurring Motifs
- seamemorywandering/exileimages of childhood
Legacy
One of the leading contemporary Chinese poets, associated with the Misty Poets; he expanded themes of exile and return and gained increased international recognition after winning the Neustadt International Prize for Literature in 2010.
Trivia
- He was in London for a reading on 4 June 1989 and remained abroad after the Tiananmen events.
- In 2010 he won the Neustadt International Prize for Literature, becoming the prize's first Chinese laureate.
- After returning to China he taught at Hainan University.