Fang Xin 方莘

Born in 1939 in Chengdu, China, Fang Xin 方莘 arrived in Taiwan in 1949 with his family and settled in Taipei. As a teenager he joined an established poetry group known as the Blue Star Poetry Society 藍星詩社, and he achieved acclaim in Taiwanese literary circles with his first book, Mo Bai 膜拜 / In Prostration (1963). He is close to finishing a book of his collected poems and translations, titled "Night falls so impatiently." He lives with his family in Oakland, California.

詩人方莘 1939 年出生在中國四川成都，1949 年隨家人定居台灣台北。 十四歲時加入藍星詩社，創作逐漸成熟。1963詩人二十四歲時出版了詩集「膜拜」，頗獲好評。1982年詩人攜家定居美國加州舊金山灣區。目前他即將完成集結並英譯多年的作品，編輯一部中英文雙語詩集，命名為「夜性急的落下來了」