Xu Pei | |
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| Native name | 徐沛 |
| Occupation | Poet,Writer,Human Rights Activist |
| Notable works | German Poem Collection: Snow Woman (2003) |
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Xu Pei was born in 1966 in Sichuan province of China. Pei left China in 1988 and studied in Germany. Pei became a German citizen in 2004, and lives in Cologne Germany. She is a female poet[1], a writer[1], and a human rights activist[2].
Life
editXu Pei was born on March 22, 1966, in Kangding City[1], the seat of Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan province of Southwest China. Pei has three elder brothers and one young brother. In her childhood, Pei was sent to foster care in Chengdu. When she was 8 years old, her parents were transferred to work in Ya'an and Pei was taken back to her parents. [3]
In 1983, Pei was admitted to the German Department at Sichuan International Studies University and graduated in 1987. Then Pei worked in Leshan as a tour guide for German visitor groups. [4]
Pei came to Germany at the end of 1988 and studied German philology and philosophy at the Heinrich Heine University in Düsseldorf and obtained Ph.D. in 1996.[1][5]
Pei obtained German Citizenship in 2004, and currently lives in Cologne[1][3]. She is a female poet[1], writer[1], and human rights activist[2]. Pei is specialized in German poetry and published essays, commentaries and papers.[1] She is active in Radio and TV programs and on Internet.[1] She has worked with Amnesty International and the Society for Threatened Peoples.[1]
Works
editXu Pei's books have been illustrated by German artist Jörg Immendorf, Georg Baselitz and Markus Lüpertz, among others. [6]
| year | Title name in German | Title name in English | ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Täglich reitet der Herzog aus | The duke rides every day | ISBN 3-928234-10-2 |
| 2001 | Lotusfüße | Lotus feet | ISBN 3-933749-43-3 |
| 2002 | Affenkönig | Monkey king | - |
| 2003 | Schneefrau | Snow woman | ISBN 3-89978-005-1 |
| 2008 | Himmelsauge | Celestial eye | ISBN 978-3-934268-55-5 |
Pei's other German-language publications include: the essay The outlooks of Women in Romanticism Poems (ISBN ISBN 3-928234-57-9) published in 1997, as well as the novel The Long Way of the Red Chamber (ISBN 978-3-95445-015-2) published in 2013.
Awards and Comments
editXu Pei won Düsseldorf's Literary Creation Award in 1991, the Literary Creation Award of the Ministry of Culture of North Rhine-Westphalia in 1993, the Doctoral Scholarship of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation in 1994-1996, and the Heine Literature Creation Award in Lümborg in 1999-2000. [5]
In an interview in 2011, the German Sinologist Wolfgang Kubin commented that Xu Pei's poems were well written and her works of art deserved attention. Prof. Kubin said, unlike other overseas Chinese writers who focused Chinese topics, Pei did not limit herself to Chinese topics. [8]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Angstmann-Koch, Renate (2013-11-11). "Die Menschenrechtsaktivistin Xu Pei kämpft gegen Chinas kommunistisches Regime". Schwäbisches Tagblatt (in German). Retrieved 2020-05-29.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b Tian, Yi (2010-03-27). "Dr. Xu Pei: The Tibet and Xinjiang issue is not an ethical issue". Radio Free Asia (in Chinese (China)). Retrieved 2020-05-27.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b "Random Thoughts on Birthday—Comment on Chai Ling". beijingspring.com. 2006-11-29. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Vgl. Angaben über Xu Pei im Bremer Weser-Kurier vom 4. Juni 2009, S. 12.
- ^ a b Vgl. Angaben über Xu Pei im Bremer Weser-Kurier vom 4. Juni 2009, S. 12.
- ^ Pamperrien, Sabine; Hein, Jan-Philipp (2008-09-19). "Kampagne gegen deutsche Medien: "Der Nazi-Geist kehrt zurück" - DER SPIEGEL - Kultur". www.spiegel.de (in German). Retrieved 2020-05-30.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Tian, Yi (2010-12-29). "Xu Pei, a female poet in Germany, compares the poets Beiling and Beidao (photo)". Radio Free Asia (in Chinese (China)). Retrieved 2020-05-30.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Gu, Bin; Yue, Bang (June 2011). "Writers should not consider the so-called "success"-an interview with Professor Gu Bin". Youth. Archived from the original on 2020-05-31. Retrieved 2020-05-31.