Ursprunget

by Li Li

Genres: Poetry

80 pages, Hardcover

First published December 10, 2007

About the author

Li Li, born January 20, 1961 in Shanghai, China currently residing in Stockholm, is a poet and translator.

Li studied Swedish at the University in Beijing and went to Sweden as an exchange student in 1988. Following Tiananmen Square Massacre in June, 1989, he decided to stay in Sweden. The same year he debuted with a collection of poetry in Swedish "Blick i vattnet". In China he is an acclaimed poet as well as translator of Swedish poetry to Chinese. For his work, he has received many literary distinctions, including recently Yinchuan Poetry Prize for his translations of Transtroomer into Chinese.

Reviews

[Björn H · Rating 4 out of 5]

Efter att ha undersökt sin nya tillvaro i Sverige i flera diktsamlingar (Att fly, Retur och En plats som är du) återvänder Li Li nu till din Kina och framför allt sin mor, döende i cancer. Det läggs ett mörkt filter över vad som egentligen är vardagssituationer, som att det bara kan finnas ett slut på den här historien och det kommer inte att vara ett lyckligt slut. Alla vet det, men livet fortgår ändå.

Resultatet blir klara, vackra dikter, vardagliga och inkännande, lugna och stormande om vartannat.