The events are jointly organised by the UCC School of Asian Studies and the Munster Literature Centre.
Zhao Lihong was born in Shanghai in 1952. He started writing in 1970
and graduated in Chinese literature from the East China Normal University.
Zhao currently holds several positions: Director of the China Writers’ Association,
vice-president of the Shanghai Writers’ Association, Member of Chinese People's
Political Consultative Conference, the publisher of Shanghai Literature, a monthly magazine, and editor-in-chief of Shanghai Poets, a bi-monthly journal. He
is also a guest professor with East China Normal
University and Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
Zhao has published more than 70 works in
poetry, prose and report literature. His writings have influenced many new
writers and he has won several literary awards. A number of his works are part
of the Chinese primary and secondary schools and college syllabus. His works
have been translated into several languages.
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