Draft:Angus He

Angus He (born June 30 1964)is a poet, novelist, and Christian. To date, he has published two collections of poetry. One collection of interviews, one screenplay, and three translations of Chinese cultural classics. He is a member of the Chinese Writers Association.

Early life
He was born in a family located in Guihzou China with both his parents were teachers. At the time when Mao was ruling the whole country, his parents were sent to a remote village due to their rightist labels. Then both of them were subsequently passed away in a life full of pain and suffering caused by poverty and political persecution. The only companionship left came from his two sisters. Fortunately, Literature became his refuge and paved an extraordinary path for him.

Education
He completed the secondary education in rural Guizhou China, then graduated from the Department of Journalism at Zhengzhou University and the Department of Literature at the Beijing PLA Academy of Arts in 1987 and 1991 respectively. During this period, Angus published numerous poems in Chinese magazines and newspapers.

Career
In 1984, he won the Ding Ling Literature Award for his suite of poems "wood engraver Lu Xun".. .

Then he joined the Chinese Writers Association in 1998 with former name "Shang He"

In 2000, Angus published "Notes on Modern Art", followed by poetry collections "Cyanopica Cyanus" and "Essays in Idleness" from 2008 to 2012, a collection of media interviews titled "Tribute to Beautiful Chinese", and a screenplay titled "Train to Nanjing"

In 2012, He was employed as a visiting scholar at Tsinghua University in Taiwan. In 2015, Angus' portrait was selected to ""China Stamps".

He has won the Annul Chinese Independent Poetry Award, the China Youth Toyata Environmental Protection Award, the Xu Zhimo Poetry Award. Rapidly, he has been named the Poet of the Year by "World Poetry", as well as being named the Poet of the Year on the Chinese writers List. He also held positions such as Chief Screenwriter of the Armed Police Headquarters Art Troupe, President of the Yanshan Squirrel Club (Environmental Protection). Judge for the "Cui Yongyuan New Directer Plan", the Chinese Writers Strength List and the Potato Image Festival. Angus also Chiefly judged for "Literature Hero". From 2016 to 2023, he translated and published Chinese cultural classics including "Midnight Sailing Boat", "Anecdotes About Spirits and Immortals", "Chapters from a Floating Life" and "Gems of Classical Chinese Prose". Among them, "Midnight Sailing Boat" exceeded three million copies, becoming a high-quality bestseller. He also wrote and directed films such as "Lonely as fog" and "The silence of the lambs." Recently, He relocated to Chiang Mai in 2020 and was baptized in March 2023. By the end of that year, he completed his full-length novel, "Paradise Garden".