Xu Zhimo

In this Chinese name, the family name is Xu.

Xu Zhimo
Born(1897-01-15)15 January 1897
Haining, Zhejiang, Qing China
Died19 November 1931(1931-11-19) (aged 34)
Jinan, Shandong, Republic of China
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    (m. 1915⁠–⁠1922)​
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    (m. 1926)​
RelativesJin Yong (cousin)

Xu Zhimo (徐志摩, Wu Chinese pronunciation: [ʑi tsɿ mu], Mandarin: [ɕy̌ ʈʂî mwǒ], 15 January 1897 – 19 November 1931) was a Chinese romantic poet and writer of modern Chinese poetry who strove to loosen Chinese poetry from its traditional forms and to reshape it under the influences of Western poetry and the vernacular Chinese language.[1] He died in a plane crash at age 34.[2]

  1. ^ "Xu Zhimo." Encyclopædia Britannica (2014): Research Starters. Web. 27 Jan. 2016.
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