As the river flows

Lee Kuei-shien is an emblematic and worldwide recognized poet, a member of the International Academy of Poets in England; and participated in the establishment of the Taiwan P.E.N., where he served as Vice-President and then President; he was also chairman of the National Culture and Arts Foundation from 2005 to 2007. Now, poet Lee is the Vice President for Asia in Movimiento Poetas del Mumdo (PPdM).

His poems have been translated and published in Japan, Korea, Canada, New Zealand, Netherlands, Yugoslavia, Romania, India, Greece, USA, Spain, Brazil, Mongolia, Russia, Latvia, Cuba, Chile, Nicaragua, Bangladesh, Macedonia, Turkey Poland, Serbia, Portugal, Malaysia and Italy.

Published works include "Collected Poems" in six volumes, 2001, "Collected Essays" in ten volumes, 2002, "Translated Poems" in eight volumes, 2003, "Anthology of European Poetry" in 25 volumes, 2001 2005, "Elite Poetry Series" in 26 volumes, 2010 2017, and others. His poems in English translation include "Love is my Faith, 1997", "Beauty of Tenderness, 2001", "Between Islands, 2005", "The Hour of Twilight, 2010", "20 Love Poems to Chile, 2015" and "Existence or Non-existence, 2017", "Response", 2018, "Sculpture & Poetry", 2018, "Two Strings", 2019, and "Sunrise and Sunset", 2020. The book "The Hour of Twilight" has been translated into English, Mongol, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, French, Korean, Bengali, Albanian, Turkish, German, Macedonian, Serbian, Arabic and Hindi languages.

Poet Lee Kuei-shien has received many literary awards worldwide and the recognition of many academic establishments, universities, literary and poetry organizations that value, respect, disseminate and study his work.