Writing Chinese Poetry

with HuaiChen Wu (吳懷晨)

In this four-week Foundation to Intermediate course, Professor HuaiChen Wu offers an encouraging and informative workshop to help writers write their own poetry in the Chinese language. This course will be conducted in Mandarin Chinese.

Unfortunately, we are full! Registrations for this course are now closed but do join our mailing list here to be updated on future courses like this.

Summary 概要

Course code: HW3

4 workshops of 3 hours each

For Foundation to Intermediate in Mandarin Chinese

Limited places available

Selective entry – we’ll offer places to writers based on writing samples sent on application

 

Dates 日期

4 workshops on:

  • 14 October 2023, Saturday
  • 21 October 2023, Saturday
  • 28 October 2023, Saturday
  • 4 November 2023, Saturday

2:00 pm to 5:00 pm SGT

申请人必须能够参加五场工作坊,否则申请不予接受。

No partial sessions accepted

 

Venue 地点

NTU@one-north
11 Slim Barracks Rise
Singapore 138664

Overview 概述

Over four workshop sessions, we will take a deep dive into craft, process, and the techniques used in writing Chinese poetry.

Designed for Foundation to Intermediate writers, this course will provide an opportunity for writers to develop their own poems in Mandarin Chinese in a friendly, encouraging environment.

Please come prepared to fully participate in discussions—and to learn about poetry in Mandarin Chinese.  

Learning Outcomes 预期成果

Participants will:

  1. develop their understanding of Chinese poetry, its forms, structures and techniques
  2. gain a deeper knowledge of how to write Chinese poetry
  3. obtain skills and experience to enable participants to write and revise their existing Chinese poetry

Please note participants are required to attend all 4 workshop sessions.

Who should register? 谁该报名?

    Writers – especially Chinese poetry writers – including:

    1. Foundation Writers — Early stage, promising writers with no requirement for any publication history. Foundation writers are those who are writing for the first time or have never written with deadlines or structure before.
    2. Intermediate Writers — Writers who have chosen to pursue writing as a full time or part time career with a serious, professional intent but who are not yet published with a mainstream or recognised independent publisher

    This course is especially targeted at Chinese poetry writers looking to take their poems to the next level.

    This course will be conducted in Mandarin Chinese.

    Participants will be selected by the Visiting Writer with assistance from the Asia Creative Writing Programme. A waiting list will be maintained.

    Registration and Pricing 报名与课程收费

    Course Prerequisites 报名前提

    To sign up, please register at the link above with the following documents:

    1. 200字以内的作品(华文)。 (A 200-word writing sample)
    2. 50-100字以内的写作计划概要(华文)。 (A short summary of your writing project of 50~100 words)
    3. 50-100字以内的简历(中英)。 (A short biography of 50~100 words)

    Course Fees

    Free.

      About HuaiChen Wu

      Wu Huaichen is a poet from Taiwan. He has published multiple literary works, including the poetry book “Gulps of the Pouring Light ” (winner of the Golden Tripod Awards for Excellent Literary Book), “Surfer Romance” (winner of the Wu Zhuoliu Literary Prize‧ Poetry Award ), and the prose “Songs of a Surfer” (winner of China Times Open Book Award, the Best Book of the Year), etc. In addition, he has published several academic collections of research essays on literature and philosophy, and he is also the translator of several important academic books, including Georges Bataille’s “Tears of Eros” in Chinese. As a professor of the Graduate Institute of Transdisciplinary Study on Creative Writing and Literature, Wu has advised many talented young writers. As a poet, he has been invited to participate in numerous international poetry festivals such as the Asian International Poetry Festival, the Taipei International Poetry Festival, the Pacific International Poetry Festival, and the Singapore Writers Festival.

      吴怀晨,台湾诗人,任教于台北艺术大学文学跨领域创作所,近年专注书写台湾的山海文学。他的学术专长包括比较哲学、现当代华文文学、及新诗写作,曾任美国德州大学奥斯丁分校访问学者(2022-23)。出版诗集《渴饮光流》(获金鼎奖)、《浪人吟》(获吴浊流文学奖新诗奖)及散文集《浪人之歌》(获开卷年度好书奖)等,并有学术著作及译作多种。

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