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32 Ethnic Minority Poets from China

Complete recording (48:22): MP3

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List of poets in order of appearance:

Recorded and collected in February 2023:

  1. Pan Mei (b. 1987), Buyi from Guizhou
  2. Lan Dingguan (b. 1996), Yao from Guangxi (reading in Zhuang)
  3. Shadette Gamarie (b. 1968), Kyrgyz from Xinjiang
  4. Pan Nianying (b. 1963), Dong (Kam) from Guizhou
  5. Li Hui (b. 1978), Dônđäc from Shanghai
  6. Na Sa (b. 1977), Kham Tibetan from Qinghai
  7. Wolfman (Li Chenghan, b. 1965), Naxi from Yunnan
  8. Jibu Riluo (b. 1994), Nuosu Yi from Sichuan
  9. Chakdor Gyal (b. 1985), Amdo Tibetan from Qinghai
  10. Norzin Dolma (b. 1999), Amdo Tibetan from Sichuan
  11. Pan Liwen (b. 1975), Shui from Guizhou
  12. He Fukai (b. 1976), Naxi from Yunnan
  13. Solongod Todgerel (b. 1980) Mongolian from Inner Mongolia
  14. Hazhibek Aidarhan (b. 1979) Kazakh from Xinjiang
  15. Yi Wei (Yang Yilong, b. 1971), Bai from Yunnan
  16. Luo Yu (b. 1983), Nasu Yi from Guizhou
  17. Wu Tianwei (b. 1991), Buyi from Guizhou
  18. Mohammedyehya Tusunbaki (b. 2001), Uyghur from Xinjiang
  19. Zhong Xiuhua (b. 1980), ethnic She from Jiangxi
  20. Aku Wuwu (b. 1964), Nuosu Yi from Sichuan

Recorded and collected in February 2022:

  1. Aliye Rusol (b. 1992), Uyghur from Xinjiang
  2. Sugasela (b. 1976), Nuosu Yi from Sichuan
  3. Tenzin Pelmo (b. 2000), Ü Tibetan from Lhasa, Tibet
  4. Xi Chu (b. 1976), Miao (Hmong) from Guizhou
  5. Chungkyi (b. 1978), Ü Tibetan from Lhasa, Tibet
  6. Samer Darkpa (b. 1989), Amdo Tibetan from Gansu
  7. Turahan Tohuti (1968), Uyghur from Xinjiang
  8. Yungdrung Gyurmè (b. 1985), Tsang Tibetan from Back Tibet
  9. Kongno (1968), Jingpho from Yunnan
  10. Asu Sumur (b. 1962), Xibe from Xinjiang
  11. Anaer (b. 1963), Oirat Mongolian from Xinjiang
  12. Nie Le (b. 1968), Wa from Yunnan
  • Curated by: Ming Di
  • Subtitles: Xi Chu, Ming Di, Sun Amu
  • Video editing: Xi Chu, Ming Di
  • Produced by: PoetryEastWest—Poetry Across the Oceans
  • Translation of the poems:
    • Li Hui (1)
    • Mark Bender (1)
    • Neil Aitken (1)
    • Al Lim (2)
    • Megan Pan, edited by Ilya Kaminsky (5)
    • Ming Di (22)

Special thanks to Charles Bernstein and Ilya Kaminsky


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