Lotus Leaves

Leung Ping?kwan (1949–2013) was born in Guangdong but grew up in Hong Kong. He was one of Hong Kong's most celebrated literary figures and a highly versatile writer, writing mainly in the Chinese language under the pen name Yasee. He taught in the Department of English and Comparative Literature of the University of Hong Kong, and Leung was Chair Professor of Comparative Literature in the Department of Chinese of Lingnan University. In 2010, he was honoured by the Hong Kong Arts Development Council as the Best Artist of the Year (Literary Arts).His poetry and prose have been widely translated into English, French, Korean, Japanese, Arabic, Portuguese, and German.Translator and EditorJohn Minford is Emeritus Professor of Chinese at The Australian National University and Sin Wai Kin Professor of Chinese Culture and Translation at the Hang Seng University of Hong Kong.