What is Yu Kwang-chung?
[[File:Prof Yu Kwang Chung.jpg|right|200px]] '''Yu Guangzhong''' ({{zh|c=余光中|p=Yú Guāngzhōng|w=Yü Kuang-chung}}; 21 October 1928 – 14 December 2017), also spelled '''Yu Kwang-chung''', was a Taiwanese writer, [[poet]], educator, and critic. He was born in [[Nanjing]], [[Taiwan]]. His best known works were ''Lanse de yumao'' [Blue feather], ''Zai lengzhan de niandai'' [Cold war years] and ''Yu yongheng bahe'' [Tug-of-war with eternity]. He was known for his collaboration with fellow poet [[Luo Fu (poet)|Luo Fu]]. He was Professor Emeritus at [[National Sun Yat-sen University]] in [[Kaohsiung]]. He taught in the [[United States]], including at [[Gettysburg College]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i-P-EFabtMAC&pg=PA213|title=Land Without Ghosts: Chinese Impressions of America from the Mid-Nineteenth Century to the Present|first1=R. David|last1=Arkush|first2=Leo O.|last2=Lee|date=20 September 1993|publisher=University of California Press|via=Google Books}}</ref> Yu died on 14 December 2017 from [[pneumonia]] in [[Kaohsiung]], Taiwan at the age of 89.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Lo|first1=Yuan-shao|last2=Chang|first2=Jung-hsiang|last3=Yeh|first3=Su-ping|last4=Chang|first4=Shu-ling|last5=Kao|first5=Evelyn|title=President Tsai expresses condolences over renowned poet's death|url=http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aedu/201712140021.aspx|access-date=14 December 2017|agency=Central News Agency|date=14 December 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2124314/poet-yu-kwang-chung-dies-taiwan-aged-89|title=Poet Yu Kwang-chung dies in Taiwan aged 89|last=Gan|first=Nectar|date=2017-12-14|work=South China Morning Post |access-date=2017-12-14}}</ref> He was married to Fan Wo-tsun 1956 until his death.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Huang|first1=Hsu-lei|last2=Chin|first2=Jonathan|title=Poet Yu Kwang-chung, 90, dies in Kaohsiung|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2017/12/15/2003683990|access-date=15 December 2017|work=Taipei Times|date=15 December 2017}}</ref> ==References