Ai Qing | |
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1929, Ai Qing in Paris, France
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Born | Jiang Zhenghan (蔣正涵) March 27, 1910 Fantianjiang village, Jinhua county, Zhejiang province, China |
Died | May 5, 1996 Beijing, China |
(aged 86)
Pen name | Ejia (莪加) Ke'a (克阿) Linbi (林壁) |
Occupation | poet |
Language | Chinese |
Nationality | Chinese |
Citizenship | Chinese |
Alma mater | China Academy of Art |
Period | 1936–1986 |
Children | Ai Xuan, Ai Weiwei |
Aì Qīng (Chinese: 艾青; pinyin: Aì Qīng; Wade–Giles: Ai Ch'ing; born Jiǎng Zhènghán (Chinese: 蒋正涵; pinyin: Jiǎng Zhènghán) and styled Jiǎng Hǎichéng (Chinese: 蒋海澄; pinyin: Jiǎng Hǎichéng); March 27, 1910 – May 5, 1996), is regarded as one of the finest modern Chinese poets. He was known under his pen names Línbì (Chinese: 林壁; pinyin: Línbì), Kè'ā (Chinese: 克阿; pinyin: Kè'ā) and Éjiā (Chinese: 莪伽; pinyin: Éjiā).
He was born in Fantianjiang village (贩田蒋), Jinhua county, in eastern China's Zhejiang province. After entering Hangzhou Xihu Art School in 1928, under the advice of principal Lin Fengmian, he went abroad and studied in Paris the following spring. From 1929 to 1932 while studying in France, besides learning art of Renoir and Van Gogh, the philosophy of Kant and Hegel, he also studied modern poets such as Mayakovsky and was especially influenced by Belgian poet Verhaeren.