Jian Ming
Jian Ming was the pen name of Zhang Guoming, a Chinese poet, writer, literary critic and editor.Biography
Zhang Guoming was born in April 1961 into a military family in Xinjiang. In 1991, his military-themed work Qian Ri Yang Bing was awarded the National Excellent Reportage Award, bringing him fame at the age of 30.
Jian Ming later published 15 poetry collections, including Noble, Pusu, and Shan Shui Jing. He was awarded the Sun Li Literary Prize, the Wen Yiduo Poetry Prize, and the Chen Zi'ang Poetry Prize. His poetry has been translated into English, French, German, Spanish, Russian, Japanese, and Korean.
He served as President and Chief Editor of the Selected Poetry, a journal of the Hebei Writers' Association, and nurtured a number of young poets.
Jian Ming suffered from severe liver disease. He died in Shijiazhuang on 21 August 2019, aged 58.
