Maurus Young
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Maurus Young (楊允達; * October 21, 1933, in Wuhan) is an international writer and poet who resides in Paris.
Life[edit]
Born in Hankou City, China on October 21, 1933, Maurus Young's ancestral home is Beijing, China. In 1946, he followed his parents to Taiwan. He graduated from the History Department of the National Taiwan University in 1957, and graduated from the Journalism Research Institute of the National Chengchi University in 1959. In 1980, he received a doctorate degree in literature from the University of Paris, France. Maurus Young is a poet, a writer, historian and a journalist until retired from the Central News Agency on December 31, 1998. After his retirement, he settled on the Seine River in the suburbs of Paris. Maurus Young remains very active and travels for leisure but also for meetings, lectures and his writings. Maurus Young is the President of the World Academy of Art and Culture (WAAC) based in the US and the President of the World Congress of Poets (WCP).[1] He is a member of Association of Chinese language writers in Europe (欧洲华文作家协会), and he is the father of the poet and writer Qing Feng (Yang Gang, also known as Albert Young (poet) outside the Chinese speaking world).[2]
Writings[edit]
Maurus Young started to write poetry when he was 15 years old. The then "National Daily" of Taiwan ("United Daily News" today) published his poem "Hope" for the first time on July 18, 1949. At that time, he was in the second grade of junior high school in the Jianguo Middle School in Taipei.
The following year, he was admitted to the first grade of the Chenggong Middle School in Taipei. He was appreciated by the famous poet Ji Xian who served as his tutor. Maurus Young's works were published in Taiwan's first poetry magazine "New Poetry Weekly" edited by Ji Xian.
His works then were published by all the main poetry magazines in Taiwan: "Poetry" (founded by Ji Xuan), "Modern Poetry", "Blue Star Poetry Magazine"(edited by Tan Zihao and Yu Guangzhong), "Epoch Quarterly" (edited by Luo Fu, Zhang Mo, Ya Xuan), "South and North Flute" (edited by Luo Xing), and “Poetry Team” (edited by Huang Zhongcong), "Vineyard" (edited by Xiaocun), "Qiu Shui Poetry Quarterly" (edited by Lu Di). Together with poets such as Ji Xian, Luo Xing, Zheng Chouyu, Ye Ni, Lin Ling and Shang Qin, Maurus Young founded the group of “Modernists”. His friendship with poets Zhong Dingwen, Tan Zihao, Mo Ren, Luo Fu, Zhang Mo, Xin Yu, Luo Xing, Shang Qin, Mai Sui, Luo Men, Rong Zi, Yang Ling Ye, Chu Ge also contributed to establish his stature in the Taiwanese poetry.
On February 1, 1953, Ji Xian independently founded the Modern Poetry Quarterly Press, and published the "Modern Poetry" poetry magazine, emphasizing the direction of "master knowledge". On January 15, 1956, Ji Xian, Ye Ni, Zheng Chouyu, Luo Xing, Yang Yunda, Lin Ling, Ji Hong, and Lin Hengtai, a group of 9 poets, held the "First Annual Meeting of Modernist Poets" at the Taipei City Mass Organization Activity Center, and proclaimed the formal launch of the "Modernists” and the “Modern Poetry Club” which remained active until 1962.
Awards[edit]
Maurus Young was awarded the gold medal by the Ligue Universelle du Bien Public of France (Universal League for the Public Wealth) in 2010, affirming his achievements in promoting world peace through poetry during his 25 years as the Secretary-General and then President of the World Congress of Poets. Maurus Young was the second person from Taiwan to receive this honor.[1]
Journalist career[edit]
After obtaining a master's degree in journalism from National Chengchi University, he worked for the Central News Agency (the national news agency of Taiwan) and the U.S.-based Associated Press. In the nearly 40 years of his career as an international journalist, Maurus Young has interviewed countless eminent politicians and well-known figures of the world. Among them are U.S. Presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower and Richard Nixon, and Queen Elizabeth II and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher from the United Kingdom. When on June 8, 1965, Premier Zhou Enlai of the People's Republic of China visited the capital of Ethiopia, Maurus Young, as the correspondent of Central News Agency in Africa, was the first among the international journalists to interview him. At a time there was tension across the Taiwan Strait, and the government of the People's Republic of China was actively squeezing Taiwan out of the international political scene, this was a valuable experience for Maurus Young and the Central News Agency.[3]
Works[edit]
- "The Commentary on Li Jinfa", Youshi Culture Publishing, April 1986
- "Selected Poems of Yunda" South and North Flute Poetry Club, November 1972
- "One Altar of Wine", Qiu Shui Poetry Publishing House, 1993
- "Trio", Puyin Culture Company June 2005
- "Time Coming Again", Xinxin Publishing House, October 1971
- "Ethiopian Sceneries", Travel Magazine, June 1972
- "Rainbow Collection", Jingsheng Cultural Supply Company August 1973
- "Paris Dreams", Liming Culture Company July 1984
- "Paris Stars Collection", Youshi Culture Publishing, August 1984
- "Westward Collection", Youshi Culture Publishing, June 1985
- Trio (Chinese-English-French trilingual poetry collection), Sanmin Publishing[5]
Footnotes[edit]
External links[edit]
- Works by or about Maurus Young in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
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