Leilei Chen 莫译

Leilei Chen 莫译 (muo-yee, meaning “no translation”) translated from Mandarin the poetry of Ma Hui, a contemporary poet reimagining Tibet’s sixth Dalai Lama, in the collection, I Have Forsaken Heaven and Earth, but Never Forsaken You. She is the author of Re-orienting China: Travel Writing and Cross-cultural Understanding and the translator of Nationalism: A Very Short Introduction in both simplified and traditional Chinese. She has published the English versions of Chinese women’s writing and ecological literature. Her Chinese version of Margaret Laurence’s short story collection, A Bird in the House, is forthcoming in 2025.

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