Stray Birds
Award: Wood Pencil
Wood Pencil / Book Design / Trade Books / 2019
Stray Birds is a master piece written by one of the greatest Indian poets, Rabindranath Tagore. This version contains not only original English poems, but also two Chinese translations, one is in written vernacular Chinese by Zheng Zhengduo, the other in five-character Chinese poems by Yao Hua. These short, sometimes merely one-line poems are beautiful and thought-provoking. Three versions are in three design layouts to showcase the beauty of forms, and more importantly, the contrast of Indian and Chinese cultures, vernacular and classic Chinese.
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