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Yang Licai

A black-and-white portrait of Yang Licai
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Yang Licai

China

Yang Licai, born in Panjin, China, is a poet, sound artist, and activist. He is the author of Pee Poems (Circumference Books, 2022) and was awarded the Jean-Jacques Rousseau Fellowship. He lives in Beijing. 

Articles by Yang Licai

A watercolor painting of a solitary boat on a misty lake with mountains in the background
"Rain, Bellagio" by George Elbert Burr. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Carolann Smurthwaite in memory of her mother, Caroline Atherton Connell Smurthwaite. Public domain.
Dedicated to All Living Beings Who Suffer
By Yang Licai
Chinese poet and activist Yang Licai considers the eternal question of human suffering in this final selection in the 2024 Words Without Borders—Academy of American Poets National Translation Month series.
Translated from Chinese by Joshua Edwards & Lynn Xu
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