BIOGRAPHY
Shelly Bryant divides her year between Shanghai and Singapore, working as a writer, researcher, and translator. She is the author of nine volumes of poetry, Cyborg Chimera, Under the Ash, Voices of the Elders, Harps Upon Willows, The Lined Palm, Pine the Passing, Numina, Nymph, and Unnatural Selection, and two travel guides, one to the city of Suzhou entitled Suzhou Basics, and another co-authored with Nick Land and Lily Sun, entitled Open Door Guide to Shanghai. Her The Classical Gardens of Shanghai is a part of the RAS Monograph Series, published by Hong Kong University Press.
Shelly has translated Sheng Keyi’s novels Northern Girls and Fields of White for Penguin Books, and Death Fugue for Giramondo Press, Chew Kok Chang’s short story collection Other Cities, Other Lives and You Jin’s A Life in Words, Mum is Where the Heart is, and In Time, Out of Place for Epigram Books, Fan Wen’s Land of Mercy for Rinchen Books, Li Xinfeng’s China in Africa for HSRC, and Li Na’s memoir, My Life, for Penguin Books. Her translations of Khoo Seok Wan’s poetry were featured in the exhibition A Life in Poems by the National Library Board in Singapore.
Shelly has also edited a collection of speculative poetry, A Demon in My View (Alban Lake), and a haiku anthology, Equatorial Calm (Celestial Books). Her poetry has appeared in journals, magazines, and websites around the world, as well as in several art exhibitions, including dark ’til dawn, Things Disappear, and Studio White • Exhibition 2011.
Shelly’s translation of Sheng Keyi’s Northern Girls was long-listed for the Man Asian Literary Prize in 2012, and her translation of You Jin’s In Time, Out of Place was shortlisted for the Singapore Literature Prize in 2016.
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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Poetry
2009 – Cyborg Chimera. USA: Alban Lake.
2011 – Under the Ash. USA: Sam's Dot.
2012 – Voices of the Elders. USA: Sam's Dot.
2013 – Harps upon Willows. USA: Alban Lake.
2014 – The Lined Palm. USA: Alban Lake.
2015 – Pine the Passing. USA: Alban Lake.
2015 – Unnatural Selection. Singapore: Math Paper Press.
2016 – Numina. USA: Alban Lake.
2017 – Nymph. USA: Alban Lake.
Fiction
2017 – Launch Pad. Singapore: Epigram Books.
Non-Fiction
2010 – Suzhou Basics. China: Urbanatomy Media.
2012 – Open Door Guide to Shanghai. With Nick Land and Lily Sun. China: Urbanatomy Media.
2016 – The Classical Gardens of Shanghai. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press.
Editorial
2013 – A Demon in My View. USA: Alban Lake.
2016 – Equatorial Calm. Singapore: Celestial.
Translation
2012 – Northern Girls. Trans. of 北妹 by Sheng Keyi. China: Penguin.
2013 – Other Cities, Other Lives. Trans. of 周粲小小说选100篇 (partial) by Chew Kok Chang. Singapore: Epigram Books.
2014 – Li Na: My Life. Trans. of 独自上场 by Li Na. China: Penguin.
2014 – Fields of White. Trans. of 白草地 by Sheng Keyi. China: Penguin.
2014 – Death Fugue. Trans. of 死亡赋格 by Sheng Keyi. Australia: Giramondo.
2015 – In Time, Out of Place. Trans. of 寸寸土地皆故事 and 等待国旗的人 (partial) by You Jin. Singapore: Epigram Books.
2015 – Land of Mercy. Trans. of 悲悯大地 by Fan Wen. Singapore: Rinchen Books.
2016 – A Life in Words. Trans. of 我是一尾沉默的鱼 by You Jin. Singapore: Epigram Books.
2017 – Mum is Where the Heart Is. Trans. of 跌碎的彩虹 by You Jin. Singapore: Epigram Books.
2018 – China in Africa: In Zheng He’s Footsteps. Trans. of 记者调查: 非洲踏寻郑和路 by Li Xinfeng. South Africa: HSRC Press.
