Yan An
Yan An, a prominent poet in contemporary China, is the author of fourteen collections. He’s received several national awards, including The Sixth Lu Xun Literary Prize, one of China’s top four literary honors. He is vice president of the Poetry Institute of China, vice president of the Shaanxi Writers Association, and the head of Yan River, one of the oldest and most famous literary journals in Northwestern China. In English, his collection A Naturalist’s Manor (Chax Press, 2021), translated by Chen Du and Xisheng Chen, was shortlisted for the American Literary Translators Association’s Lucien Stryk Asian Translation Prize. (updated 10/2025)
AGNI has published the following work:
Sometimes Someone Is Only a Shadow
Poetry by Yan An • Translated from the Chinese by Chen Du and Xisheng Chen
Knife for Decisively Cutting Off Floating Clouds
Poetry by Yan An • Translated from the Chinese by Chen Du and Xisheng Chen