Chen Dongdong (1961-) was born in Shanghai and has lived there for much of his life. He began writing in the early 1980s, and is an important participant in and witness to the contemporary Chinese poetry scene. He was the editor of the underground poetry magazines Works (1982-84), Tendency (1988-91) and Southern Poetry Journal (1992-94). He also served as the poetry editor of the overseas humanities and literature journal Tendency (1994-96) and as a judge for the Liu Li'n Poetry Award and the Ann Gao Poetry Award (1996-99). He has published several books, including the poetry collections Poems, Summer Book * Unbanned Book, and a book of prose poems titled Flowing Water. [Read]