Yu Kwang-chung

thumb|The Yellow River flows torrential in my veins.China is me I am China. Yu Kwang-chung (Chinese: 余光中; 21 October 1928 – 14 December 2017) was a Taiwanese writer, poet, educator and critic. Quotes 小时候，乡愁是一枚小小的邮票，我在这头，母亲在那头。长大后，乡愁是一张窄窄的船票， 我在这头，新娘在那头。后来啊，乡愁是一方矮矮的坟墓，我在外头，母亲在里头。而现在，乡愁是一湾浅浅的海峡，我在这头，大陆在那头。 When I was small,Nostalgia was a tiny postage stamp,I, on this side,My mother, on the other.Later on,Nostalgia was a low tomb,I, outside.My mother, inside.And now,Nostalgia is the coastline, a shallow strait.I, on this side,The mainland, on the other. "Nostalgia" (《乡愁》, "Xiangchou"), in The Isle Full of Noises: Modern Chinese Poetry from Taiwan, ed. and trans. Dominic Cheung (New York: Columbia University Press, 1987), p. 51 The Yellow River flows torrential in my veins.China is me I am China. "Music Percussive", in An Anthology of Contemporary Chinese Literature. Taiwan: 1949–1974. Vol. I: Poems and Essays, eds. Pang-yuan Chi et al. (Taipei: National Institute for Compilation and Translation, 1977), p. 113 External links Category:1928 births Category:2017 deaths Category:Authors from Taiwan Category:Poets from China