Chen Nianxi (Chinese: 陈年喜; born February 5, 1970) is a Chinese poet from Shaanxi, whose poetic genre is "migrant worker literature".
Biography
Chen was born in Danfeng County, Shaanxi. Following high school graduation in 1987, Chen got married and worked as a farmer, and had a son in 1999. Alongside publishing poetry in local publications, he worked as a miner for approximately 15 years across China, particularly in the Qinling mountain range.
In 2011, along with the growth of microblogging in China, he was able to reach a broader audience. This eventually attracted the attention of Qin Xiaoyu, a film critic and producer, who profiled Chen in his 2015 documentary The Verse of Us.
References
- ^ Qiu, Sang (2021-11-03). "A Miner's Verse: Through Peril and Pain, Just Words Remain". Sixth Tone. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
- ^ Wang, Vivian (2021-11-13). "Deep Underground, a Chinese Miner Discovered Poetry in the Toil". The New York Times. Retrieved 2024-02-16.
- "Sacrifice, Hope, and Desperation: Chinese Miner Poet Chen Nianxi On Life Underground". The World of Chinese. 2021-10-23. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
- ""June Is Almost Done" by Nianxi Chen". Rattle. 2022-10-10. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
- Ma, Zhenyi (2020-04-23). "雪花落在火焰上的声音 | 诗评_澎湃号·湃客_澎湃新闻-The Paper". The Paper. Retrieved 2024-02-16.