Xi Nan (Nancy), contemporary poet, writer, and translator, was born in western Hunan, China. She used to be the lifestyle columnist of the (British) BBC UK China website, and was nominated for the Zijin Star by People's Literature, China for her debut novel.
She graduated from the London School of Economics and Political Science, lived in the U.K. from 2004-2017, and has published six books (in China) in different genres: poetry, novel, translation, and so forth. She is now travelling and writing in some places.
Xi Nan's twitter: https://twitter.com/XiNan41144534
Xi Nan's blog: Xi Nan and Fish Lu.