Bei Dao
Visiting Professor
Specialty
Poetry
Profile
Bei Dao was born in Beijing in 1949. 1n 1978, he co-founded the first unofficial literary journal called Today (Jintian). Since 1987, Bei Dao has lived and taught in England, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Holland, France, and the United States. His work has been translated into thirty languages. His publications in English include five volumes of poetry: Unlock, Landscape Over Zero, Forms of Distance, Old Snow, The August Sleepwalker; a collection of stories, Waves; and the essay collections Midnight's Gate and Blue House. Bei Dao has won numerous awards and honors.
Recent Publications
Midnight’s Gate. Translated by Matthew Fryslie. New York: New Directions, 2005.
Blue House. Translated by Theodore Huters and Feng-ying Ming. Brookline, MA: Zephyr Press, 2000.
Unlock. Translated by Eliot Weinberger and Iona Man-Cheong. New York: New Directions, 2000.
Landscape Over Zero. Translated by David Hinton and Yanbing Chen. New York: New Directions, 1996.
Forms of Distance. Translated by David Hinton. New York: New Directions, 1994.
Old Snow. Translated by Bonnie S. McDougall and Maiping Chen. New York: New Directions, 1992.
The August Sleepwalker. Translated by Bonnie S. McDougall. New York: New Directions, 1990.
Waves. Translated by Bonnie S. McDougall and Susette Ternent Cooke. New York: New Directions, 1990
Recent Honors and Awards
Aragana Poetry Prize, International Festival of Poetry, Casablanca, Morocco
Guggenheim Fellowship
Honorary Member, American Academy of Arts and Letters
Contact Information
270 Decio Faculty Hall
(574) 631-6951
zzhao@nd.edu