Poet in exiled (life and creative activity of Chinese poet Gu Cheng abroad)

Unable to exist in the country of birth, yet alienated from the foreign land Chinese poet Gu Cheng (1956-1993) is dead in exile still hadn 7 found a way to the peace. Such is the fate of China 's artists and writers under state socialism who do not conform with the guidelines on Cultural revolution of Mao Zedong Thought. China suffers from a deep spiritual void caused by the ravages of decades of political campaigns. The life and death of Gu Cheng and his wife Xie Ye was intimately connected with the process of China's recent history. Their fate gives us a bleak insight into the deep spiritual malaise that has permeated China‘s cultural world.