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Mu Dan

Zha • Illustration — Mu Dan in the mid-to-late 1940s Zha Liangzheng (5 April 1918 – 26 February 1977), better known by his pen name Mu Dan, was a Chinese poet. Mu Dan was born in Tianjin, he attended Tsinghua University at the age of 17, and graduated from National Southwestern Associated University in 1940. He served as an assistant lecturer of English at his alma mater for about two years.

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Mu Dan

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Full name
查良錚.
Born
1918. · Tianjin.
Died
1977.
Nationality
People's Republic of China.
Occupation
poet, translator and writer.
Movements
Nine Leaves Poetry.
Education
Tsinghua University and University of Chicago.

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Zha • Illustration — Mu Dan in the mid-to-late 1940s Zha Liangzheng (5 April 1918 – 26 February 1977), better known by his pen name Mu Dan, was a Chinese poet. Mu Dan was born in Tianjin, he attended Tsinghua University at the age of 17, and graduated from National Southwestern Associated University in 1940. He served as an assistant lecturer of English at his alma mater for about two years.

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