飲江 Lau Yee-Ching

　　This pocket-sized paperback is one of the twenty-two titles published for 2015 Hong Kong International Poetry Nights. The theme of IPHHK2015 is “Poetry and Conflict”. 21 international poets from 18 different places are invited to participate in recitations, symposia and sharing sessions of the Poetry Nights. A recitation focusing on 10 local Hong Kong poets, “Hong Kong Cantonese Poetry Night” is included. This collection seeks to make accessible the best of contemporary international poetry with outstanding translations.

作者簡介

飲江

　　原名劉以正，70年代開始新詩創作，曾獲「香港青年文學獎」、「工人文學獎」、「職青文藝獎」及「香港中文文學獎」等詩歌創作獎項。1987年與朋友創辦《九分壹》詩刊，並參與早期編輯工作。其詩集《於是你沿街看節日的燈飾》於1997年出版，並獲「香港中文文學雙年獎」。2010年出版另一個較完整的詩集《於是搬石你沿街看節日的燈飾》，收錄有130多首詩。

　　Lau Yee-ching started to write poetry in the 1970s. He has received the Hong Kong Youth Literature Award, Workers’ Literature Award, and the Hong Kong Biennial Award for Chinese Literature. His book of poems, And So You Look at the Festive Lights along the Street (1997), won the Hong Kong Biennial Award for Chinese Literature. In 2010, he published a more complete edition of this book, And So, Roll the Stone, You Look at the Festive Lights along the Street, which is a collection of more than 130 poems.