Xiao Hai 小海
Poet. Xiao Hai was born in Shangqiu City in Henan Province in China. At fifteen he moved to Shenzhen to join the workforce. He spent the next decade moving between cities, working factory jobs and writing poetry. He is the author of the poetry collection "Sisyphus on the Wenyu River", and translations of his poetry have appeared in World Literature Today and Chinese Literature Today. [From Granta website, 7 Feb 2026]
Original Works
Poem (1)
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