Nü Poetry 002: Xing Ya - Dying in the World of the Living
Nü Poetry is a pocket-size series under the umbrella of Nü Editions. A carefully curated collection of pamphlets, it features an exciting range of emerging and established contemporary voices handpicked by our editors, in bilingual or even multilingual productions with original translations.
Chinese originals and English translations appear on facing pages.
Author: Xing Ya
Translator: Yě YěEditors: Yě Yě, Jake Newby
Typeset & Design: Yuan
Booklet, 16 pp, 6.46 x 4.02 in
Language: Chinese / English
ISBN: 978-1-917903-98-1
Release Date: Apr, 2026
Xing Ya was born in 1995. She had two full poetry collections—A Collection of Strange Animals (Ningbo Publishing House, 2018) and The Branch Book of Mistletoe (Writers Publishing House, 2020)—published before her death in 2022. Her work garnered multiple awards including the 25th Rougang Poetry Award and the Fifth Guanghua Poetry Award.