Chuan Sha () is a Chinese-born Canadian poet and author. He has written novels, short stories, poems, plays, essays and literary reviews.
Biography
Chuan Sha was born in
Chongqing
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in
Sichuan Province
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, though he has ancestry in Shandong Province. After graduating from
Sichuan University
Sichuan University (SCU) is a National university, national National Key Universities, key public university, public research university in Chengdu, Sichuan, China. The university is wholly funded by Ministry of Education of the People's Republic ...
, he worked as editor-in-chief for a literary magazine for some years before pursuing further studies in the United Kingdom in 1991. He has lived since 1999 with his family in Toronto.
He has been editor-in-chief for two Canada publishing houses and for a number of local newspapers. He is now the Director of the Chinese-Canadian Poets Association, Dean of Daya Institute of Cultures of Canada, Co-Chair of the Daya Literary Prize Committee, and CEO of the Daya Academic Evaluation and Judgment Committee. In addition, he is a member of the Chinese PEN Society of Canada.
Works
Prose
*''The Lady in the Blue-Flowered Mandarin Gown'' 蓝花旗袍 (Huashan Literature and Art Publishing House, China, June 2012) - novel
*''The Sunlight'' (Taiwan Commercial Press, Ltd., November 2004) - novel
*''The Sojourners'' (Taiwan Buffalo Publishing House, May 2004) - short stories, co-authored
Poetry
*''Appreciation: Selected Poems of Chuan Sha'' 川沙诗歌精品欣赏 (Hebei Education Press, China, June 2010)
*"The Wolves are Roaring", translated by Liu Hong, in ''
Language for a New Century: Contemporary Poetry from the Middle East, Asia, and Beyond'', edited by Tina Chang, Nathalie Handal, Ravi Shankar (W. W. Norton & Company, U.S.A., 2008)
*''Spring Night'' 春夜集 (Guangxi Normal University Press, February 2006)
*contribution to ''Variety Crossing'' Vol. 8 (Korean-Canadian Literary Forum, 21 Press, 2006)
*''The Shadowy Crowds'' (China's Writers Printing House, November 2001)
Performances
*''Harmony''. Original poetry edited in 6-Act Choir. Public performances given in the P.C. Ho Theatre on November 1, 2008.
Reviewed in Global Chinese Press
, Toronto, 3 November 2008.
*''The Skirts Are Singing''. Original Poetry edited in 4-Act Musical. Public performances in O.I.S.E. Theatre, University of Toronto, and in York Woods Public Library Theatre, 2005.
See also
*List of Canadian poets
This is a list of Canadian poets. Years link to corresponding "earin poetry" articles.
A
*Mark Abley (born 1955), poet, journalist, editor, and non-fiction writer.
*Milton Acorn (1923–1986), poet, writer, and playwright
* José Acquelin ...
References
External links
Author's blog
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Living people
Writers from Chongqing
21st-century Chinese poets
Canadian male journalists
Canadian male non-fiction writers
Chinese emigrants to Canada
Poets from Chongqing
Canadian male poets
Canadian male novelists
1952 births