Our Team

The Tenonists is run by a group of translators of poetry, our major members are:

Jia Wei 葭苇
Founder, translator and program coordinator

Shen Zhi 沈至
Founder, translator and editor

Cui Yixiong 崔奕雄
Co-founder, translator and editor

Stephen Nashef 施笛闻
Co-founder, translator and editor

Zhenyao-Sanshu Qin 秦三澍
Co-founder and academic supervisor

Our Academic Advisory Board consists of:

Zang Di 臧棣
Poet, Critic and Professor of Chinese literature at Peking University

Xi Du 西渡
Poet, Critic and Professor of Chinese literature at Tsinghua University

Jing Wendong 敬文东
Poet, Critic and Professor of Chinese literature at Minzu University of China

Zhang Taozhou 张桃洲
Poet, Critic and Professor of Chinese literature at Capital Normal University