Born in 1966 in Rui’an, Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, Chi Lingyun is an increasingly important Chinese woman poet who began writing in 1985 and has worked as a teacher, journalist, and editor. Her poetry collections include Darting Snow (1997); Solitary Dialogue (2005); _Select_ed Poems (2010); and Muted Light (2013). Her work has been translated into German, English, Korean, Russian, and other languages. The 2010 recipient of October magazine’s Poetry Award, she has also presented her art at Kim Dal Jin Literature Festival in South Korea. The US literary journal Chinese Literature Today also featured and reviewed her work in 2014. She currently lives in Wenzhou.