Xiao Xiao

Xiao Xiao is a poet, painter, who is the editor-in-chief of the Chinese Modern Poetry Chronicle Series,editor of Great Poems as well as the editor of The Special Issue of the Qinghai Poetry Festival. In 1993, she edited the Chinese Modern Poetry Chronicle Series, which includes The Collected Works of the Pre-Misty Poets, The Collected Works of the Misty Poets, The Collected Works of the Post-Misty Poets, and The Collected Works of Contemporary Chinese Poetry Criticism. Her poetry collections include The Woman and Poems Under the Tree, and Time Standing on Its Tiptoes, among others. Her long poem, “Elegy for Another World” has been named by critics as a representative work of Chinese women poets from the 1990s. Her work has been translated into German, English, French, Japanese, Farsi, and Arabic, among others. Her paintings have been included in exhibits such as the “Exhibit of Contemporary Chinese Poets,” and the “Calligraphy and Art Exhibit of Chinese Contemporary Writers.” In 2009, she was one of the organizers of the large-scale poetry reading, “Engraving in the Memory, May 12, This is Sichuan, This is China.” She is a recipient of an Exploring Poetry Award, and Achievements by A Poet in the Third Generation Award, A Wenchuan Outstanding Volunteer Award for assisting with earthquake relief, A Chinese Poetry Theater Award, the Wen Yiduo Poetry Award, the First Reader Award of Poetic Accomplishment, and the 2013 Modern Youth “Best Young Poet” Award.