Poetry. Asian Studies. Taiwanese and English original writings and their translations into French. Called by Jerome Rothenberg "the linking figure between American modernism (in the lineage of Ezra Pound) and Chinese traditions and practices," Wai-Lim Yip has been active as a bicultural poet, translator, critic and theorist between Taiwan and America for over thirty years. He has written more than forty books in two languages. He is Distinguished Professor at University of California at San Diego. This is his first book translated into French.

About the Author
Wai-lim Yip is Professor of Chinese and Comparative Literature at the University of California, San Diego. He has written more than thirty books in English and Chinese, including Chinese Poetry: Major Modes and Genres (California, 1976).