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On the one hand poetry is useless. It can't change the world materially. On the other hand it is a basic part of human existence. It came into the world when humans did. It's what makes human beings human.

Bei Dao

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Bei Dao
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: August 2
Poet
Writer
Peking
Zhao Zhenkai
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