Chiang Yee (1903–1977)
Autore di Chinese Calligraphy: An Introduction to Its Aesthetic and Technique, Third Revised and Enlarged Edition
Sull'Autore
Chiang Yee (1903-1977) was born in Jiujiang, China and lived in London for several years before settling in the United States. A painter, calligrapher, poet, lecturer and travel writer, he wrote the classic textbook Chinese Calligraphy as well as the renowned Silent Traveller series, covering mostra altro cities as diverse as Oxford, New York and Dublin mostra meno
Fonte dell'immagine: Cover, "Chiang Yee, the Silent Traveler from the East"
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Opere di Chiang Yee
Chinese Calligraphy: An Introduction to Its Aesthetic and Technique, Third Revised and Enlarged Edition (1752) 110 copie
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Informazioni generali
- Data di nascita
- 1903-05-19
- Data di morte
- 1977-10-26
- Luogo di sepoltura
- Jiujiang, China
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- China (birth)
USA (passport) - Luogo di nascita
- Jiujiang, China
- Luogo di residenza
- Jiujiang, China
London, England, UK
New York, New York, USA - Istruzione
- Nanjing University
- Attività lavorative
- poet
painter
calligrapher
professor (college)
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The Silent Traveller in New York di Chiang Yee
The year I was born, one of my aunts gave her mother a copy of The Silent Traveller in New York. When I was nearly 20, I consulted the book as my guide for my first, very brief and hurried, visit to the city and found it still quite helpful and of great interest. That's how insightful and timeless the Silent Traveller books are.
I have read just about all of the Silent Traveller books, starting years ago with London, which I purchased from a book catalog not knowing about him or the silent traveller series. It's hard to express how lovely these books are. Chiang Yee is a master of observation and art. I have liked others of his better than this, but the second-to-last chapter in Yorkshire Dales can't be beat.
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ReadMeAnother | Oct 21, 2019 |
ReadMeAnother | Oct 21, 2019 | 
Long ago I discovered the travel books of Chiang Yee, a Chinese-born writer who left China in the 1930s and over the next several decades published his observations of visits to various places in Europe and the Americas. Unlike the typical travel writer who is an adventurous go-getter, Chiang quietly observes and reflects in his writing, poetry, paintings, and calligraphy (hence, "Silent Traveller"). This is the first of his travel narratives based on a two-week visit to the English Lake District in 1936. He's more opinionated here than I recall in other books, comparing the Lake District scenery unfavorably to China. His writing style hasn't developed yet either, as this reads more like a daily journal than a composed travel narrative. But there are flashes of humor and warmth that are Chiang's trademarks, as well as disconcerting glimpses of the political situation in Europe and Asia at that time that would explode into the Second World War.
Favorite Passages:
Favorite Passages:
"...I am a man of curious temperment who prefers on most occassions to be dumb. When I was obliged to talk I found my tongue grow curling and painful. None of my friends realised my predicament, for I made efforts to talk easily in case they would drop their friendship with me altogether. It is a selfish trait in my character which I try to master. Whenever I walk or travel I am generally silent; I like to observe the scenery closely, and sometimes I lose all consciousness of myself in it. At such times there is no room in my mind for the external trimmings of history or romance."… (altro)
"My friend was surprised and a little shocked to see so many pieces of land enclosed and marked 'Private," protesting that in China we should never find the public forbidden a free employment of scenery. I acquiesced, and admitted that it seemed money could buy even Nature!"
"We reached the landing-stage at Bowness only to find a long queue of people waiting for the boat; it was at least a quarter of an hour before our turn came. In the meanwhile I watched these holiday-makers with great interest, hurrying, scurrying, everyone in haste and eagerness. I remind myself that never could such a scene be found in China; in the busy West it seems that even merry-making has to be done in haste nowadays!"
Chiang Yee, a noted travel writer, met a San Franciscan during a trip from New York to England on an ocean liner in 1945. His new friend invited him to visit him in the City By the Bay on a future trip. Chiang spent six months in and around San Francisco in early 1953, and wrote this chronicle of his stay there.
This book was interesting in some sections, but was mainly a frustrating read for me, as Chiang would frequently diverge from his narrative of the places he visited, recounting meetings with friends and recalling other sites that he had seen previously. Reading this was akin to having a conversation with a demented man, whose flight of ideas prevented a true conversation or a linear narrative. This book is currently out of print, and, in my opinion, it should stay that way.… (altro)
This book was interesting in some sections, but was mainly a frustrating read for me, as Chiang would frequently diverge from his narrative of the places he visited, recounting meetings with friends and recalling other sites that he had seen previously. Reading this was akin to having a conversation with a demented man, whose flight of ideas prevented a true conversation or a linear narrative. This book is currently out of print, and, in my opinion, it should stay that way.… (altro)
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