Shen Haobo | |
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Born | 1976 Taixing, China |
Occupation | Poet, Publisher |
Education | BA |
Alma mater | Beijing Normal University |
Period | 1996–present |
Genre | poem |
Shen Haobo (Chinese: 沈浩波; pinyin: Shěn Hàobō) is a Chinese poet and publisher, born in 1976 in Taixing, Jiangsu province. He graduated from the Chinese department of Beijing Normal University in 1999.
Shen Haobo began publishing and writing poetry in 1996 and had his first official publication in 1998 with "Who was joking on 1990s"(谁在拿90年代开涮)[1] He is identified with the Lower Body Poets and the Post 70s Generation.
Shen Haobo founded publishing company Xiron in 2001,[2] which became one of the largest private-owned publishing companies in China.[3] It buys the rights to books from established publishing houses and republishes for a discounted price in great quantities. Xiron published Chun Sue's "Beijing Doll".