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How a delivery driver and poet won one of China's highest honors in literature

NPR | By Rob Schmitz,
Daniel Ofman, Michael Levitt
Published August 8, 2026 at 5:30 PM EDT

Wang Jibing, a writer and delivery driver, has won one of China's most prestigious award for poetry. Professor Eileen Cheng-yin Chow of Duke University explains why his work has had such huge impact.

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Rob Schmitz is NPR's international correspondent based in Berlin.
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