Gu Cheng

Gu Cheng (Chinese顾城/顾城, Pinyin Gucheng; * September 24, 1956 in Beijing, † October 8, 1993 in Auckland ) was a Chinese poet, essayist and novelist. He was a member of the " Transfigured poets" (朦胧诗/朦胧诗, Menglong Shī, English Misty Poets, obscure poetry, Menglong lyric, hermetic seal '), a Chinese group of poets of modernity.

Life

Gu Cheng's childhood was privileged by his father Gu Gong, a famous Kuomintang member and Army poets. At the age of 12 years, his family was sent for re-education during the Cultural Revolution to Shandong, where they bred pigs. Because of this alleged Gu that he had learned directly from the poetry of nature.

In the late 1970s Gu wrote for the magazine "Today" (今天, JinTian ), from which the literary movement of " Menglong " (Chinese朦胧/朦胧, foggy, transfigured, confused ' ) was born. He became known through translations and toured internationally with his wife, the poet Xie Ye, Germany and other countries. They settled in 1987 in Auckland / New Zealand, where Gu Chinese at the University of Auckland taught. In 1993, Gu attacked his wife with an ax before he hanged himself. She succumbed to her injuries in hospital.

Miscellaneous

• Gu was frequently cut off a leg as a hat.
• At the age of three years, he invented his own language that he taught anyone else.

Quote

Dark nights gave me thesis dark eyes, but I shall use them to seek the light. ( The black night gave me this black eye. , But I use it to search for the light. )