An Evening of Poetry in Hong Kong Presenting Kit Fan, Winner of the International HKU Poetry Prize 2010 (English Only)

The School of English of the University of Hong Kong (HKU) is pleased to announce that Kit Fan has been selected as the winner of the 2010 HKU Poetry Prize for his manuscript "Paper Scissors Stone". The Prize Presentation will take place on March 15, 2011 (Tuesday), at HKU, in a ceremony organized in conjunction with The Hong Kong International Literary Festival 2011. Kit Fan will be joined by renowned poets Louise Ho and Leung Ping-kwan for an evening of conversations and poetry readings.

Born and educated in Hong Kong, Kit Fan now lives in York. His poems are widely published in UK literary magazines such as "Poetry Review", "Poetry London", "Poetry Wales", and "The London Magazine" and he won a "Times" Stephen Spender Prize for Translation in 2006. Kit Fan's book of poems, "Paper Scissors Stone", will be released in March 2011.

This inaugural prize welcomed submissions from poets around the world writing in English and who had not previously published, or self-published, a full-length collection of poems. The winner receives HK$2,500 and publication of a first collection of poems with The Hong Kong University Press.

This event is co-organized by the School of English and the Faculty of Arts, and is supported by the Hong Kong University Press, HKU Culture & Humanities Fund and The Hong Kong International Literary Festival 2011.

Media representatives are cordially invited to the ceremony. Details are as follows:
Date: 15 March 2011 (Tuesday)
Time: 5.30 pm - 7.00 pm
Venue: Fung Ping Shan Art Gallery, University Museum and Art Gallery, HKU

For enquiries, please contact Ms Georgina Challen, Public Affairs Manager, Faculty of Arts, tel: 2219 4250, or email gchallen@hku.hk