List of Hong Kong poets

This is a list of Hong Kong poets, both people born in Hong Kong or residing there. The list includes both Chinese language poets and poets writing in other languages.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by editing the page to add missing items, with references to reliable sources.

Chinese language poets

• Natalia Chan Siu Hung ^[1]
• Chen Zhide ^{[2] [3]}
• Huang Yunru ^{[4] [5] [6]}
• Lau Tsz-wan ^{[7] [8]}
• Ma Lang ^{[9] [10]}
• Ou Waiou ^{[11] [12] [13]}
• Xi Xi
• Yam Gong ^[14]
• Leung Ping-kwan

English language poets

• Mary Jean Chan, ^{[15] [16] [17]} winner, 2019 Costa Book Award for Poetry
• Kit Fan, ^{[18] [19] [20] [21]} winner, HKU Poetry Prize 2010; winner, Times/Stephen Spender Prize 2006, finalist, The Times Literary Supplement Mick Imlah Poetry Prize 2017
• Ho-cheung Lee, ^{[22] [23] [24]} founding editor, BALLOONS Lit. Journal
• Nashua Gallagher ^[25]
• Sayed Gouda
• Louise Ho ^{[26] [27]}
• Tammy Ho Lai-Ming, ^{[28] [29] [30]} winner, 2015 Hong Kong Arts Development Council Young Artist Award (Literary Arts); ^[31] founding co-editor, Cha: An Asian Literary Journal
• Henrik Hoeg ^{[32] [33] [34]}
• Sarah Howe, ^[35] winner, 2015 T. S. Eliot Prize
• Alan Jefferies
• Akin Jeje ^{[36] [37] [38]}
• Agnes Lam, ^{[39] [40]} Special Mention Award, 2009 Nosside International Poetry Prize
• Madeleine Marie Slavick
• Jennifer Wong, ^{[41] [30]} winner, 2013 Hong Kong Arts Development Council Young Artist Award (Literary Arts)
• Nicholas Wong, ^[42] winner, 2016 Lambda Literary Award
• Wiency Wong, winner, 2019 Hong Kong English Poetry Competition, RTHK
• Eric Yip, ^{[43] [44]} winner, 2021 National Poetry Competition
• Harsh Ramchandani, ^{[45] [46] [47]}

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