TIAN YUAN was born in 1965, Henan, China. Ph.D., Literature, Ritsumeikan University. Currently teaches at Josai International University (Japan). Books include Tian Yuan Selected Poems (Chinese & Japanese), A Snake in Dreams, The Memory of Stone. Translator of Tanikawa Shuntaro, Takahashi Mutsuo, Matsuo Basho, Kaneko Misuzu, Dazai Osamu. Awarded the Mr. H Prize, Shanghai Literature Prize, Taiwan Pacific Translation Prize.