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A Delivery Rider Who Writes Poems Wins a Big Prize

Saturday, 7/18/2026·126 words·1 min read

Wang Jibing is a food deliverydelivery/dɪˈlɪvəri/L1送货,交付the act of taking something to a person or place rider by day and a poetpoet/ˈpoʊɪt/L1诗人a person who writes poems by night in China. He won a very big prizeprize/praɪz/L1奖,奖品something you get for doing something very good in China for his poems. It is the Lu Xun Literary Prize for his book "Low Flight". The prize is given every four years.

Wang Jibing is 57 years old and lives in Jiangsu province in China. He started delivering food in 2019 in Kunshan city. Before that, he worked many jobs like a construction worker and a trash collector. He writes poems about his deliveries and his life, and he wrote over 6,000 poems.

His book "Low Flight" tells the stories of over 140 deliverydelivery/dɪˈlɪvəri/L1送货,交付the act of taking something to a person or place riders in China. He is happy to give a voice to workers and still has more to learn.

A Delivery Rider Who Writes Poems Wins a Big Prize

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