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About Yang Lian

Yang Lian is a Chinese poet who co-founded the influential literary magazine Jintian. He has been in exile since 1989, and now lives in London. Among his books is Where the Sea Stands Still(1999).

Articles by Yang Lian

Thursday 17th November

Tortured language: the poetry of human rights

Yang Lian, openDemocracy, Jack Mapanje, and Choman Hardi, 17 November 2005

What is it like to live as a poet in exile from your people, your culture and your language? openDemocracy features a special audio of live poetry readings by Jack Mapanje, Yang Lian and Choman Hardi from an event organised by Poet in the City and Amnesty International.

Sunday 26th September

Revolution in the head

Yang Lian and Rick Moody, 26 September 2004

Can the writer’s imagination dissolve the lies of power? In the tenth of our Letters to Americans series, the exiled Chinese poet Yang Lian writes to Rick Moody, author of The Ice Storm.