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Brian Holton

3.9/5 ( ratings)

Born: July 10 1949

Brian Holton taught Chinese in Edinburgh, Newcastle and Durham and was first Director of the Chinese-English Translating and Interpreting Programme at Newcastle. He then taught Chinese-English translation in the Hong-Kong Polytechnic University.

Holton is the translator of Chinese "Misty" poet Yang Lian. He translates into English and Scots, and is the only currently-publishing Chinese-Scots translator in the world.

Brian Holton

3.9/5 ( ratings)

Born: July 10 1949

Brian Holton taught Chinese in Edinburgh, Newcastle and Durham and was first Director of the Chinese-English Translating and Interpreting Programme at Newcastle. He then taught Chinese-English translation in the Hong-Kong Polytechnic University.

Holton is the translator of Chinese "Misty" poet Yang Lian. He translates into English and Scots, and is the only currently-publishing Chinese-Scots translator in the world.

Books from Brian Holton

Where the Sea Stands Still: New Poems

4.3/5 ( ratings)

Lee Valley Poems

3.7/5 ( ratings)

Concentric Circles

4.3/5 ( ratings)

Notes of a Blissful Ghost

2.6/5 ( ratings)

Jade Ladder: Contemporary Chinese Poetry

3.7/5 ( ratings)

Narrative Poem

4.6/5 ( ratings)

Staunin Ma Lane: Chinese Verse in Scots and English

4.6/5 ( ratings)

Riding Pisces

3.6/5 ( ratings)

Non-Person Singular: Selected Poems of Yang Lian

4.3/5 ( ratings)

Anniversary Snow

Islands and Continents: Short Stories by Leung Ping-kwan

Fly Heads and Bird Claws

Hard Roads an Cauld Hairst Winds: Li Bai an Du Fu in Scots