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Year

1955

Text

Conference to commemorate the centenary of the publication of Leaves of grass by Walt Whitman in Beijing, Nov. 25 (1955).
Speech by Zhou Yang : "In Whitman's poetry, democracy, freedom, and equality are his fundamental ideas. Victory and happiness are his persisten beliefs which mankind will eventuall achieve." In : Wen yi bao ; no 22 (Nov. 1955).
Forum in Shanghai.
Speech by Ba Jin : "Whitman's poetry is still a great inspiring impetus to the Chinese people who are marching towards socialism today." In : Jie fang ri bao ; Dec. 4 (1955).

Mentioned People (3)

Ba, Jin  (Chengdu, Sichuan 1904-2005 Shanghai) : Schriftsteller, Übersetzer

Whitman, Walt  (Long Island, New York 1819-1892 Camden, N.J.) : Dichter, Schriftsteller, Journalist

Zhou, Yang  (Yiyang, Hunan 1908-1989 Beijing) : Schriftsteller, Literaturtheoretiker

Subjects

Literature : Occident : United States of America

Documents (1)

# Year Bibliographical Data Type / Abbreviation Linked Data
1 1995 Li, Yeguang. Whitman and China. In : Whitman & the world. Ed. by Gay Wilson Allen and Ed Folsom. Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, 1995.
http://whitmanarchive.org/criticism/current/pdf/anc.01049.pdf.
Publication / WhiW20
  • Source: Shao, Yanxiang. [The evergreen Leaves of grass]. In : Ren min ri bao ; Sept. 26 (1987). (WhiW110, Publication)
  • Cited by: Asien-Orient-Institut Universität Zürich (AOI, Organisation)
  • Person: Li, Yeguang
  • Person: Whitman, Walt