Xi Murong

{{Short description|Taiwanese women poet, painter and writer (born 1943)}}

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{{nobold|{{lang|zh-hans-CN|席慕蓉}}}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1943|10|15}}

| birth_place = Chongqing, China

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| occupation = Poet, painter

| language = Chinese, Mongolian

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| alma_mater = National Taiwan Normal University, Royal College of Arts

| period = 1981–present

| genre = Poetry

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| notableworks= Qilixiang ({{lang|zh-Hans-CN|《七里香》}})

| spouse = Liu Haibei ({{lang|zh-Hans-CN|劉海北}})

| children = son: Liu Ankai ({{lang|zh-Hans-CN|劉安凱}})
daughter: Liu Fangci ({{lang|zh-Hans-CN|劉芳慈}})

| relatives = father: {{ill|Xi Zhenduo|zh|席振鐸}}
mother: {{ill|Yue Zhufang|zh|樂竹芳}}
sister: Phyllis Gomda Hsi

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Xi Murong or Hsi Muren ({{zh |c = 席慕容 |p = Xí Mùróng }}; born 1943) is a writer and painter. She is most famous for her poetry, especially the collections Seven Miles of Fragrance ({{lang|zh|七里香}}; Qīlǐ Xiāng) and Unregrettable Youth{{efn|Also translated as Regretless Youth and Blameless Youth.}} ({{lang|zh|無怨的青春}}; Wúyuàn de Qīngchūn).{{cite book |last=Ying|first=Li-hua |title = Historical dictionary of modern Chinese literature |year=2010|publisher=Scarecrow Press|location=Lanham|isbn=978-0-8108-5516-8|page=213 }}

Personal life

On 15 October 1943, Xi was born in Chungking (now Chongqing).{{cite news |title=Poet {{!}} Xi Mu-rong |url=https://www.moc.gov.tw/en/information_236_84306.html |access-date=23 June 2023 |agency=Ministry of Culture}} She moved to Hong Kong with her family in 1949, and then to Taiwan in 1953.

In 1959, Xi entered the National Taiwan Normal University, majoring in fine art. In 1963, she graduated from National Taiwan Normal University, and started teaching at Taipei Renai Middle School.

In 1964, Xi entered the Academie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Belgium, where she studied oil painting. In February 1966, she held her first art exhibition in Brussels.

In 1974, Xi held her first art exhibition in Taiwan.

In 1976, Xi participated in the Union Novel Prize where she won an award.{{cite web |url = http://www.taiwan.cn/tsh/zjjsh/200601/t20060114_226704.htm |title = 席慕容简介 }}

Writing

1979: Drawing Portray

1981: Qi Li Xiang

1982: Baby In Store

1983: Regardless Youth

1987: Nine Works of Time

1988: In the Far Away Place

1992: Song of River

1997: Prairie of Time

2011: Name as Poetry{{cite web |url = http://www.hanmei.cn/xmr/ |title=席慕锟斤拷锟斤拷品 |access-date=September 28, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20111018094750/http://www.hanmei.cn/xmr/ |archive-date=October 18, 2011}}