Iris Fan Xing was born in Guangzhou and migrated to Australia in 2012 to pursue her postgraduate studies at the University of Western Australia. After completing her PhD in comparative literature and creative writing, she moved to the USA in 2018, where she currently lives and works in New York City.
She has published two bilingual books of poetry: Lost in the Afternoon (2009) and South of Words (2018) and was awarded first prize in the Poetry Section of the Hong Kong City Literary Awards in 2011. Her poems and translations can be found in Wings, Cha: An Asian Literary Journal, Fleurs des Lettres, Voice & Verse, Poetry Monthly, Chinese Western Poetry, Cordite Poetry Review, and Westerly.
