Zhang Guoming was born in April 1961 into a military family in
Xinjiang. In 1991, his military-themed work
Qian Ri Yang Bing (千日养兵) was awarded the National Excellent Reportage Award (now part of the
Lu Xun Literary Prize), bringing him fame at the age of 30. Jian Ming later published 15 poetry collections, including
Noble (高贵),
Pusu (朴素), and
Shan Shui Jing (山水经). He was awarded the Sun Li Literary Prize, the
Wen Yiduo Poetry Prize, and the
Chen Zi'ang Poetry Prize (2017). He served as president and Chief Editor of the
Selected Poetry (诗选刊), a journal of the
Hebei Writers' Association, and nurtured a number of young poets. Jian Ming suffered from severe liver disease. He died in
Shijiazhuang on 21 August 2019, aged 58. == References ==