Brandon Chao-Chi Yen was educated in Taiwan, Scotland and England. He holds a PhD in English from Queens’ College, Cambridge. As a scholar, he works primarily on William Wordsworth’s poetry. His writings, in English and Mandarin, have appeared in academic journals, literary magazines and newspapers. He is also a botanical illustrator.

His translation of Li Tong’s Again I See the Gaillardias won an award from the National Museum of Taiwan Literature. [copied from Balestier Press website, July 2016)