Chen Li [real name Chen Yingwen] 1954-

A prolific poet, essayist and translator from Hualien, studied English at National Taiwan Normal University. Since graduation Chen has been a secondary school teacher, and currently he also serves as a guest lecturer at National Dong Hwa University. A selection of his poems, Intimate Letters: Selected Poems of Chen Li, with English translations by his wife Chang Fen-ling, a literary critic, was published in 1997. They also collaborate in the translation of Latin American poetry into Chinese.

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