HAUS FÜR POESIE

In a populous country like China, the human being is the central writing subject of poetry, which encompasses the entire breadth of society and thus becomes an integral part of culture. It transcends educational levels, professions, ages and social backgrounds - in China, people from all sectors and social classes passionately pursue their own poetry.

The session “From Misty Poetry to concrete people” attempts to create a space for concrete people to meet on the cosmopolitan stage of the poetry festival and focuses on Chinese poets of the younger generation and their own stories. These poetry-influenced personalities combine different backgrounds as musicians, physicists, cultural scientists, curators, journalists, teachers or poetry influencers on the Chinese Internet. The aim is to provide a more comprehensive insight into the cultural landscape and the functional system of contemporary Chinese poetry, the reality of the poets' lives and the current reception by the reading public. Since “poetry” (诗) and “song” (歌) are etymologically linked in the Chinese tradition and together define the concept of poetry in Chinese, Zhao Tai (lyricist, songwriter) will explain the influences of cross-genre musical practice on Chinese poetry from this perspective.

During this event, the processes of the Archway project (桥洞诗计划) will be presented as well as initial results from the workshop for Chinese-German poetry translation.

With: Zhao Tai (赵泰), Yin Zixu (殷子虚), Xu Yi (叙矣), Zhou Youan (周幼安), Yu Zhe (喻折)
Moderation: Li Jing (李靖)
Literary guidance: Yang Lian (杨炼), Dai Weina (戴潍娜)

The event will be interpreted Chinese/German.