Join us for a special event with one of the most prominent and highly-regarded Tibetan poets of our day. Ju Kelzang will give readings of his poetry, as well as share a personal narrative on his development, experiences, and influence as a poet and writer.
Ju Kelzang was born in Golok in 1960. After obtaining a Master’s degree in Tibetan literature at the Qinghai Nationalities University, he served for many years as a translator-editor at the Golok Tibetan Prefecture Nationalities Languages Bureau, overseeing the compilation and editing of the multi-volume Golok Ancient Books series, catalogs, and dictionaries, among other projects. In 2014, he received a national-level recognition award for his professional work.
As a poet, Ju Kelzang’s works started appearing in Tibetan language journals and magazines in the 1970s. Since then, he has published several books of poetry, including Mind at the Foot of the Snow Mountain (གངས་འདབས་ཀྱི་སེམས་པ། ) and Small Wind of the Snowland Village (གངས་གྲོང་གི་རླུང་བུ།). He has also published books of collected essays, literary commentary, and translated works, including by Schopenhauer and Dale Carnegie.
Ju Kelzang is currently a member of the China Writers Association, an advisor for the Association of Writers of Qinghai Province, and Vice Chairman of the Association of Translators of Qinghai Province. His works have been translated into Chinese, English, French, and German, and he is also the recipient of several awards for excellence in literary and creative work.
Co-presented by The Latse Project and Columbia's Modern Tibetan Studies Program
