Pei Xu

• Name — Xu Pei • Native Name — 徐沛 • Occupation — Poet, writer, human rights activist • Notable Works — German Poem Collection: Snow Woman (2003)

Xu Pei was born on 22 March 1966 in Kangding City, the seat of the Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in the Sichuan of Southwest China. Xu has three older brothers and one younger brother. In her childhood, Xu was sent to foster care in Chengdu. When she was 8 years old, her parents were transferred to work in Ya'an and Xu was taken back to her parents. In 1983, Xu was admitted to the German Department at Sichuan International Studies University and graduated in 1987. Xu later worked in Leshan as a tour guide for German visitor groups. Xu came to Germany at the end of 1988 and studied German philology and philosophy at the Heinrich Heine University in Düsseldorf, obtaining a PhD in 1996. Xu obtained German citizenship in 2004 and currently lives in Cologne. She is a poet, writer, and human rights activist. Xu specializes in German poetry and published essays, commentaries and papers. She is active in radio and TV programs and on the Internet. She has worked with Amnesty International and the Society for Threatened Peoples.

Xu Pei's books have been illustrated by German artist Jörg Immendorf, Georg Baselitz and Markus Lüpertz, among others. Xu Pei's 5 German Poetry Collections • year — Title name in German — Title name in English — ISBN • 1993 — Täglich reitet der Herzog aus — The duke rides every day • 2001 — Lotusfüße — Lotus feet • 2002 — Affenkönig — Monkey king — – • 2003 — Schneefrau — Snow woman • 2008 — Himmelsauge — Celestial eye Xu's other German-language publications include: the essay The outlooks of Women in Romanticism Poems (ISBN) published in 1997, as well as the novel The Long Way of the Red Chamber published in 2013.