This is a list of Hong Kong poets, both people born in

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or residing there. The list includes both Chinese language poets and poets writing in other languages.

Chinese language poets

*Natalia Chan Siu Hung *Chen Zhide *Huang Yunru *Lau Tsz-wan *Ma Lang *Ou Waiou *

Xi Xi Hsi Hsi/Sai Sai/Xi Xi (; 7 October 1937 – 18 December 2022) was the pseudonym of the Hong Kong author and poet Cheung Yin, "Ellen"/ (). She was born in Shanghai, and moved to Hong Kong at the age of twelve. She was formerly a teacher and had ...

* Yam Gong * Leung Ping-kwan

English language poets

Kit Fan Kit Fan FRSL (; born 1979) is an author and poet from Hong Kong who now lives in York in the United Kingdom. In 2011, his poetry book won the Hong Kong University International Poetry Prize. He was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Literatur ...

, winner
HKU Poetry Prize 2010
winner

finalist
The Times Literary Supplement Mick Imlah Poetry Prize 2017
*Ho-cheung Lee, founding editor, '' BALLOONS Lit. Journal'' *Nashua Gallagher *

Sayed Gouda Sayed Gouda (born in Cairo) is an Egyptian poet, novelist and translator. He majored in the Chinese language. Dr Sayed Gouda was born in Cairo and moved to Hong Kong where he currently resides. He did his undergraduate studies in Egypt and China, ...

*Louise Ho *Tammy Ho Lai-Ming, winner, 2015

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Young Artist Award (Literary Arts); founding co-editor, '' Cha: An Asian Literary Journal'' *Henrik Hoeg *Sarah Howe, winner, 2015

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Alan Jefferies Alan Jefferies (born 1957) is an Australian poet and children's author currently living in Brisbane. Biography Alan Jefferies grew up in Cleveland on the Queensland coast. He published his first poems in 1976 and since then his work has ap ...

*Akin Jeje *Agnes Lam, Special Mention Award, 2009 Nosside International Poetry Prize * Madeleine Marie Slavick * Jennifer Wong, winner, 2013

Young Artist Award (Literary Arts) *Nicholas Wong, winner, 2016

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*Wiency Wong, winner, 2019
Hong Kong English Poetry Competition

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