Alternate Title
Category
Archival Material
Institution
Leiden University
Access
open access
URL
https://digitalcollections.universiteitleiden.nl/unpo
Description
Unofficial Poetry from China is an internationally unique collection of unofficial or “underground” poetry publications—primarily journals—from the People’s Republic of China, held and digitized by Leiden University Libraries and made freely accessible online. The print collection was built by Maghiel van Crevel during fieldwork trips since the 1990s and extends from the late 1970s to the twenty-first century, with some materials from the high-socialist period; titles include Today (今天), Wings (翼, a feminist journal), and The Lower Body (下半身). The collection documents how unofficial poetry accommodates marginalized groups including avant-garde poets, precarious workers, and members of the queer community; a satellite research documentation collection (UNPOD) and related scholarly resources further support research use.
Source List
ACLS Open Database Resource Guide
Tags
Contemporary (post-1978) Early PRC (1949–1966) Literature Full-text Gender
Last Modified
5/13/2026 9:04pm