Yam Gong

Born in Hong Kong, Yam Gong began writing poetry in the 1970s. He has received the Hong Kong Youth Literature Award (1983) and the Workers’ Literature Award (1982; 1984), and, in 1998, he received the Hong Kong Biennial Award for Chinese Literature for his first book And So You Look at Festival Lights along the Street (1997).[1] In 1987, he co-founded the poetry magazine One-Ninth and was involved in editing the first few issues. Lau has been appointed to the juries of several poetry awards in Hong Kong, including the Hong Kong Youth Literature Award, the Workers’ Literature Award, the Qui Ying Poetry Award and the Lee Sing-wah Modern Poetry Award. He has presented his work at various literary festivals, such as the International Poetry Nights in Hong Kong, the Macau Literary Festival, and the Taipei Poetry Festival,[2] among others.

His first book of poems, And So You Look at Festival Lights along the Street, was published in 1997. He later published an extended edition called And So Moving a Stone You Look at Festival Lights along the Street (2010), a collection of more than 130 poems.

His poems have been published in various journals in Hong Kong, including Pangu, Poetry Bi-monthly, Hong Kong Literature, Ming Pao, P-articles,[3] and Fleurs des lettres.[4]

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