第八屆駐校作家──王小妮

香港大學中文學院｢駐校作家計畫｣乃由校友捐款，中文學院籌辦之重要活動，藉以提高本校學生對新文學的興趣和認識。｢駐校作家計畫｣每年邀請一位作家為學院「駐校作家」；該作家駐校期間，將會進行連串活動，包括公開講座、與院內師生座談、授課、訪問本港大專院校及中學並作演講、擔任學院主辦的「香港大學新文學創作獎」評判，以及駐校期內創作以香港為題材的作品等。

今年「駐校作家計畫」邀得國內著名作家王小妮教授來港，駐校日期自3月1日至4月30日，期間將會主持及參予多項活動，謹請大家關注：

1. 公開演講
講　題：想像與現實──漢語詩歌40年
日　期：4月2日（星期四）
時　間：下午5時正至6時30分
地　點：百周年校園CPD-LG.09室

2. 中文學院師生座談會

3. 電台及報刊訪問

4. 訪問大專院校及中學並作演講

5. 2014-15年度香港大學新詩創作獎評審

附：王小妮簡介

王小妮，生於吉林長春。1982年畢業於吉林大學。曾任電影文學編輯、海南省作家協會副主席及海南大學人文傳播學院教授。1988年加入中國作家協會，2005為廣東省作家協會一級作家。定居深圳。作品除詩歌外，涉及小說、散文、隨筆等。著有長篇傳記文學《人鳥之間》、詩集《我的詩選》、《我的紙裡包着我的火》等。其作品曾獲1982年吉林省創作獎、1989年《作家》創作獎、中國2002年度詩歌獎。2000年秋参加在東京舉行的“世界詩人節”。2001年夏受德國幽堡基金會邀請赴德講學。2003年獲得《星星詩刊》、《詩選刊》、《詩歌月刊》聯合頒發的“中國2002年度詩歌獎”。曾獲美國安高詩歌獎。代表作品有：《上課記》、《1966年》、《上課記2》、《一直向北》等。

Wang Xiaoni 王小妮: Writer-in-Residence in the School of Chinese

The Writer-in-Residence programme hosted by the School of Chinese at The University of Hong Kong was initially financed by an alumnal endowment and is now supported by the matching funds.  The primary purpose of this initiative is to further students’ interest in and understanding of modern Chinese creative writing.  Under this scheme, each year a writer of high stature and international renown is invited to visit the School for a two-month stint, engaging in a great variety of activities such as delivering public lectures, giving talks to staff and students of the School, conducting workshops and seminars, speaking in various tertiary institutions and secondary schools as well as serving as Adjudicator for “The Hong Kong University Modern Chinese Literature Award Competition”.  The Writers are also expected to produce literary works on subjects relating exclusively to Hong Kong.

Professor Wang Xiaoni, a poetess and essayist of great repute from Mainland China, has accepted our invitation to assume the role of Writer for the period March 1 – April 30, 2015.  The following events will be organized:

1. Public Lecture
Topic: “Fantasy and Reality: Forty Years of Chinese Poetry”
Date: April 2, 2015 (Thursday)
Time: 5:00 – 6:30 p.m.
Venue: CPD-LG.09, Centennial Campus

2. Staff-Student Seminar

3. Radio and Press Interviews

4. Public Speeches to be Delivered at Tertiary Institutions and Secondary Schools

5. The Hong Kong University Modern Poem Competition 2014-2015

Biographical Note

Wang Xiaoni

1955, born in Changchun city of Jilin province in China;

February 1978, admitted to Jilin University and majored in Chinese;

February 1982, worked as a literary editor in Editor Office of Changchun Film Studio;

April 1985, moved to Shenzhen;

1986, transferred her household register to Shenzhen;

1991, worked in Shenzhen Film Enterprise ( now known as Shenzhen Film Studio under the Shenzhen Media Group );

2005, began teaching as a professor in Humanities and Communications College of Hainan University, and retired in 2012.

Selected Bibliography

Collections of poetry: My Fire Wrapped in My Paper; Half of Me in Pain; To Another World (published in Taiwan Showwe); Something Crosses My Mind (published in Chinese and English by The Chinese University Press).

3 Novels: Girl and Bird Flying Low; A Circumference of Forty Li; In 1966.

More than 20 essays including: Why the World is Vast, Go-as-you-please Notes, Chinese Heartland Tour, Settle Down, Class Notes, and Class Notes 2.