Chen-ou Liu

Born in Taipei, Taiwan, Chen-ou Liu (劉鎮歐) was a college teacher, essayist, editor, and two-time winner of the national Best Book Review Radio Program Award. In 2002, he emigrated to Canada and settled in Ajax, a suburb of Toronto, where he continues to struggle with a life in transition and translation. Featured in New Resonance 7: Emerging Voices in English-Language Haiku, Chen-ou Liu is the author of three books: Ripples from a Splash: A Collection of Haiku Essays with Award-Winning Haiku, Following the Moon to the Maple Land, and Broken/Breaking English: Selected Short Poems (forthcoming in December 2011). His tanka and haiku have been honored with 24 awards, including First Prize in the 2011 Haiku Pix Chapbook Contest, Grand Prix in the 2010 Klostar Ivanic Haiku Contest in English, and 特選 (Prize Winner) in the 2010 Haiku International Association Haiku Contest. Read more of his poems at Poetry in the Moment, http://chenouliu.blogspot.com/