Mang Ke

Mang Ke (pen name Jiang Shiwei), born in 1951,[1] is a prominent Chinese poet and co-founder (with Bei Dao) of the underground literary journal Today,[2] which appeared irregularly between 1978 and 1980 before being shut down by the Chinese Government.[1]

Considered a member of the Misty Poets, Mang Ke's works were never officially recognized and appeared primarily as photocopies.[1]

Mang Ke is also an accomplished painter.

References

  1. ^ a b c Bei, Dao; Pei, Tao (1993). Barnstone, Tony. ed. Out of the Howling Storm: The New Chinese Poetry. Wesleyan University Press. p. Biography Notes XX. ISBN 0-8195-1210-9. http://books.google.com/books?id=qSzCeKE-zYEC&pg=PR20&dq=%22Jiang+Shiwei%22&lr=&ei=w47KSbqYKoXokATwqt3YDw#PPR21,M1. Retrieved 2009-03-25. 
  2. ^ McDougall, Bonnie S.; Louie, Kam (1997). The Literature of China in the Twentieth Century. Columbia University Press. p. 426. ISBN 0-2311-1084-7. http://books.google.com/books?id=cOxLVO1xloQC&pg=PA426&dq=%22Jiang+Shiwei%22&lr=&ei=w47KSbqYKoXokATwqt3YDw.