Huang Shun 黄舜

Huang Shun is a doctoral candidate in Chinese Language and Literature at Southwest Jiaotong University, specialising in poetic research and creation, alongside translation, painting and photography. He previously worked as a book editor at Sichuan Literature and Art Publishing House under Xinhua Winshare Publishing and Media Co., Ltd. His primary research focus lies in the sensory lyrical tradition of contemporary Chinese new poetry. His poetry collection The Art of Invisibility has been published as Volume One of the Fence Poetry Series.

He has published numerous poems, works of fiction and critical essays in key national literary journals, including Poetry Periodical, Yangtze River Poetry Journal, Stars, Thatched Cottage, Poetry Monthly, Poetry Tide, Beijing Literature, Dangdai Poetry, Hunan Literature, Jiannan Literature, Sichuan Poets and Youth.

His accolades include the Jiangnan Poetry Prize Silver Award, the Mi Shizi Literary Award (Second Prize), the November Poetry Prize's Emerging Poet Award, the Xijiang River Poetry Prize's Emerging Poet Award, and the Annual Young Poet Award conferred by Yangtze River Poetry Journal.

About the art of writing poetry, Huang Shun says:

Ever since I began regarding poetry as my lifelong vocation, I have been convinced that a poetic sensitivity must lie at the core of my work, and that the craft of language itself is the highest form of ethics. For me, a powerful poem is about keen perception: it summons a moment of strangeness from the familiar routines of daily life, or uncovers a poetic glimmer within the ordinary. In addition, it should reflect fine workmanship, offer a novel linguistic form—after all, writing is a craft. Of course, it’s crucial that the craft serve precisely the act of perception and communication; it shouldn’t be excessive or contrived. With this as a foundation, I hope to address broader themes beyond myself, to write poems that only I can write but through which many people can pass.