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Year

1917

Text

Amy Lowell was invited by Florence Ayscough during one of her customary visits to America, to shape into poetry, her transliterations of Chinese poems, whch would accompany the exhibition of Ayscough's own collection of Chinese paintings (now at the Art Museum Chicaco). Lowell grew enthusiastic about the reading of Chinese poetry and about a translation project with her old friend.

Mentioned People (2)

Ayscough, Florence Wheelock  (Shanghai 1875 [not 1878]-1942 Chicago, Ill.) : Schriftstellerin, Übersetzerin, Gattin von Harley F. MacNair

Lowell, Amy  (Brookline, Mass. 1874-1925 Brookline, Mass.) : Dichterin, Frauenrechtlerin
[No Chinese translations until 2014].

Subjects

Literature : Occident : United States of America

Documents (1)

# Year Bibliographical Data Type / Abbreviation Linked Data
1 2010 Roberts, Janet. Amy Lowell : the fragrance of adapted Chinese verse in "Fir flower tablets". In : Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society (China in Shanghai) ; vol. 74, no 1 (2010). Publication / Low7