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A prominent poet in contemporary China, Yan An, whose full name is Yan Yanan, is the author of fifteen full-length poetry collections, including his most famous poetry collection, Rock Arrangement, which won him The Sixth Lu Xun Literary Prize, one of China's top four literary prizes. The winner of various national awards and prizes, he is also a Vice President of the Poetry Institute of China, a Vice President of the Shaanxi Writers Association, a member of the National Committee of China Writers Association, and the head and Executive Editor-in-Chief of the literary journal Yan River, one of the oldest and most famous literary journals in Northwestern China. In English, his full-length poetry collection, A Naturalist's Manor, translated by Chen Du and Xisheng Chen and published by Chax Press, was shortlisted (one of four titles) for the 2022 Lucien Stryk Asian Translation Prize, administered by the American Literary Translators Association. His full-length poetry collection, Rock Arrangement, was a runner-up for Carnegie Mellon University Press's 2025 Literary Translation Prize, has been published by Carnegie Mellon University Press, and is distributed by The University of Chicago Press.