Teng Qian Xi will soon be finishing her final year at Columbia University, where she majors in comparative literature. She has been a Simon Elvin Young Poet of the Year Awards winner in 2000 and in 2001. At present she is freelancing as a writer, publicist and translator. Her first collection will be published later this year.

• Essays : Gopal Baratham: A Retrospective
• Poetry : three love objects
• Poetry : Three Women

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