Fairy tales by shu ting biography

Chinese poet (born 1952)

Shu Ting (Chinese: 舒婷; pinyin: Shū Tíng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Su-têng; born 1952 in Jinjiang, Fujian) is the pen name of Gong Peiyu (simplified Chinese: 龚佩瑜; traditional Chinese: 龔佩瑜; pinyin: Gōng Pèiyú; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kéng Pōe-jû), a modern Chinese poet associated with the Misty Poets.^[1] She began writing poetry in the 1970's and later had her works published.^[2]

Life

Shu Ting grew up in Jinjiang, Fujian.

However, as a teenager her father was accused of ideological aberrance and moved her to the countryside.^[3] Upon her return to Fujian, she took up job positions at a cement factory, a textile mill, and a lightbulb factory.^[4]

She began to write poetry and, in 1979, published her first poem^[5] and was one of the first people to have her work published in the underground journal Jīntiān^[3](Today).^[2] She became part of the group known as t