Xi Murong

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Xi Murong 席慕容
Xi Murong
Born	(1943-10-15) October 15, 1943 Chongqing, China
Resting place	Taipei, Taiwan
Occupation	Poet, painter
Language	Chinese, Mongolian
Alma mater	National Taiwan Normal University Royal College of Arts
Period	1981 - present
Genres	Poetry
Notable work(s)	Qilixiang (《七里香》)
Spouse(s)	Liu Haibei (劉海北)
Children	son: Liu Ankai (劉安凱) daughter: Liu Fangci (劉芳慈)
Relative(s)	father: Xi Zhenduo (席振鐸) mother: Le Zhufang (樂竹芳) sister: Xi Mude (席慕德)

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Xi.

Xi Murong (Chinese: 席慕容; pinyin: Xí Mùróng; born 1943) is a writer and painter. She is most famous for her poetry, especially the collections Qi li xiang (Seven-li scent) and Wuyuan de qingchun (Unregrettable Youth).^[1]

Personal life

Xi was born in 1943 in China. She moved with her family to Hong Kong in 1949 and then to Taiwan in 1955.^[1] Her grandmother is a royal princess of Inner Mongolia.^{[citation needed]}

Xi attended the Royal Academy for Science and the Arts in Brussels, Belgium. Subsequently she became a teacher of painting in Taiwan.

Writing

MuRong's first book of poems was Qi li xiang, published in 1981.

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 Ying, Li-hua (2010). Historical dictionary of modern Chinese literature. Lanham: Scarecrow Press. p. 213. ISBN 978-0-8108-5516-8.

External links

Poetry works

A Blossoming tree The English translation of one of her most famous poetry

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Name	Murong, Xi
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Short description	Taiwanese poet and painter
Date of birth	1943
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