Background
He was born in Xichuan County of Henan Province, Republic of China.
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Chou Zhou
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Career
He lived in the Tamsui District, New Taipei City. In 1948, Chou joined the China Youth Corps and was forced to drop out of school. Chou started writing in the Central Daily News and publishing poetry in 1952.
He retired from the army in 1955.
In 1959, he started selling books outside the Cafe Astoria in Taipei and published his first book of poetry entitled Lonely County. In 1980, the American magazine, Orientations praised him as the "Amoy Street Prophet".
During the same year, he was forced to close his book stall in front of Cafe Astoria due to gastric ulcer surgery.
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March 1, 2014 (aged 92) -
Nationality
Taiwan