Shen Yin-mo

Who was Shen Yin-mo?

Shěn Yǐn-mò was a well-known poet and. He made his name in Kyoto, Japan. He was one of the first to write in the new style and he published his poems in periodicals such as Xīn Qīngnián and Xīn Cháo. Two works that made him famous were Sānxián Jí and Qiūmíng Jí. He also wrote poems in the classical style. In his poems, he used rhyme and alliteration similarly to the way they had come to be used in classical poetry.

Around 1950, his poems appeared prominently in the literature supplement of the dailies Guāngmíng Rìbào, Wén Huìbào, and Jiěfàngrìbào. However, no complete edition of his works was ever made.

He was also known as a calligrapher. He was director of a research institute and published historical studies on calligraphy.