Yan Li
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- Born
- 1954 · Beijing.
- Died
- 2026
- Occupation
- poet
- Languages
- Chinese
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Yan Li (born 1954) is recorded as a writer and artist.
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Yan Li was born in 1954 in Beijing.
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- 1.Zhong, Yuhao. The Paper. 25 June 2026.
- 2.University of Vienna. Yan Li. The Chinese Democracy Movement of 1978–1981. 27 October 2013.
- 3.Yan Li, Li Shuang, Qu Leilei in front of Wang Keping. The British Museum.
- 4.Asia Art Archive. Stars 79–80. 2019.
- 5.Standaert, Michael. Interview with Yan Li. MCLC Resource Center. Ohio State University. May 2004.
- 6.Artist of the Month – Yan Li. The Antonym. 13 March 2021.
- 7.White Space. 21 September 2019.
- 8.Flushing Poetry Festival.
- 9.van Crevel, Maghiel. Modern Poetry in China: A Visual-Verbal Dynamic. MCLC Resource Center. Ohio State University. July 2014.
- 10.Flushing Poetry Festival. 2018.
- 11.Lingang Contemporary Art Museum. Contemporary Poetic: My 40 Years: Works of Yan Li. unnumbered artist biography. 2018.
- 12.National Center for Art Research. Yan Li, Laborers' Rest. Art Platform Japan. 11 March 2025.
- 13.Being in the World: The Tenth Anniversary of the Long Museum. Long Museum. 13 November 2022.
- 14.Zhu, Jieshu. Yicai. 14 November 2022.
- 15.Sohu. 29 November 2018.
- 16.China Southern Art. 29 March 2019.
- 17.Wang, Jingjing. Global People. 6 April 2016.
- 18.Sohu. 17 June 2025.
- 19.Shen, Qi. China Southern Art. 29 September 2012.
- 20.Garbelli, Matteo. Yan Li and the Art of Not Taking the World at Its Word. MCLC Resource Center. Ohio State University. 2 July 2026.
- 21.Rhythms of the Land: Focus on the Poetry of Nature. Modern Poetry in Translation. 2. 2025.
- 22.Li Yan—“Thirteen Short Poems to Chew On”—translated by Anna Yin. Tupelo Quarterly. 14 January 2025.
- 23.Dreams. Queen's Quarterly. 1 March 2023.
- 24.National Autonomous University of Mexico. Yan Li. Periódico de Poesía. 96. February 2017.
- 25.China News Service. 31 May 2011.
- 26.Yan, Li. 作家出版社. 2016. 9787506384612.
- 27.Yan, Li. 浙江文艺出版社. 2016. 9787533944704.
- 28.Yan, Li. 华艺出版社. 1993. 9787800397868.
- 29.Yan, Li. 聯經出版. 1993.
- 30.Yan, Li. 田園書屋. 1998. 9789623390392.
- 31.Yan, Li. I Wing Press Inc. 2024. 9781940742519.
- 32.Yan, Li. China Southern Art. 30 September 2012.
- 33.Bernstein, Richard. For Chinese Artists, Shattered Dreams Despite Freedom. The New York Times. B1–B2. 28 August 1991.
- 34.99 Art Network.
- 35.New York University. Epoxy Art Group Archive. Asian/Pacific/American Institute.
- 36.Raynor, Vivien. Art: The Avant-Garde From China in Show. The New York Times. 22 August 1986.
- 37.Zimmer, William. 13 Chinese Artists, Recent Arrivals All, at Sarah Lawrence. The New York Times. 28. 18 October 1987.
- 38.Asia Art Archive. The Stars: 10 Years. 1989.
- 39.Origin Point—“Star Group” Retrospective Exhibition. Today Art Museum. 18 November 2007.
- 40.University of Southern California. Blooming in the Shadows: Unofficial Chinese Art, 1974–1985. USC U.S.–China Institute. 15 September 2011.
- 41.Ohio State University. Region. MCLC Resource Center.
- 42.Ohio State University. Translations by Author Y–Z. MCLC Resource Center.
- 43.Lu, Yanxia. China Writers Association. 18 September 2013.
- 44.Flushing Poetry Festival.
- 45.PEN International. History of the Chinese Writers Abroad Centre. Unlocking the History of PEN.
- 46.University of Iowa. YAN Li (严力). International Writing Program. 2003.
- 47.Manfredi, Paul. New Perspectives on Contemporary Chinese Poetry. Palgrave Macmillan. 145–163. 2008. 10.1057/9780230610149_9.
- 48.The Poetry Project Newsletter, no. 129. The Poetry Project. Summer 1988.
- 49.Vassar College. 1980–1989. A Documentary Chronicle of Vassar College.
- 50.Central Academy of Fine Arts. CAFA Art Info. 22 March 2017.
- 51.Inside-Out Art Museum. True Art.
- 52.Central Academy of Fine Arts. OCAT Institute announces “Stars 1979” focusing on the Stars' first exhibition. CAFA Art Info. 16 December 2019.
- 53.OCAT Research Institute. Stars 1979. Holly Roussell. 2019.
- 54.诗选刊. 3. 2005.
- 55.Flushing Poetry Festival. 2019.
- 56.Sohu. 22 October 2019.
- 57.華僑救國聯合總會. 8 October 2022.
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