Xu Zhimo Poetry and Art Festival kicks off in King's College Cambridge

STORY: Xu Zhimo Poetry and Art Festival kicks off in King's College Cambridge DATELINE: Sept. 17, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:58 LOCATION: London CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the festival 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ALAN MACFARLANE, Emeritus professor of Anthropological Science, Chair of the festival 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ALAN MACFARLANE, Emeritus professor of Anthropological Science, Chair of the festival 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): TIM YIP, Art director and visual artist STORYLINE: The 9th Cambridge Xu Zhimo Poetry and Art Festival kicked off on Friday at King's College, Cambridge. Commemorating renowned Chinese poet Xu Zhimo, who was an associate member of King's College for 18 months in 1921-22, the festival gathers nearly 100 poets, artists and scholars from several countries, including Britain, China, France, Italy, and Greece. "Xu's eminence as a Chinese poet and his close connection with the Bloomsbury group and King's College has had a great effect on the profile of the College and brings in