- Birth Name: 林巧鄉
- Born: 1980
- Birthplace: Chaiyi City (Southern Taiwan)
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- Ye noted that the top two influences in her life are the eastern Taiwanese county of Hualien and Franz Kafka. The former, which is surrounded by both mountains and sea, inspires her with nature's greatness, while the latter's employment of surrealism is equally awe-inspiring.
Ye Mimi (葉覓覓) is an award-winning poet whose works contains elements of surrealism and snippets of everyday life. She is also a filmmaker who incorporates text and imagery to create poetry videos. As the author of several poetry collections, her works have been translated into French and English editions.
When she started to write poetry at the age of 19, Ye noted that poetry to her is a remedy for the tired soul, bringing with it a sense of tranquility and serenity. In the belief that one should write poetry from the soul, Ye often takes inspiration from her wide traveling experiences.
As a graduate student of the Creative WritingDepartment at Dong Hwa University, Ye spent seven years in Hualien and one year in Green Island, where the natural surroundings and quiet lifestyle deeply inspired her and provided poetic inspirations.
In 2005, Ye went to study film at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago after discovering poetry films. Her graduation work "They Are There But I Am Not (他們在那裡而我不在)" - a poetry video that presents time, reality, and existence through a series of moments captured in Taiwan and Chicago - was selected as best film by the 2009 Doctorclip Roma Poetry Film Festival.
Among Ye's poetry collections, "A Moth Laid Its Eggs in My Armpit, and Then It Died (蛾在腋下產卵，然後死去)" and "His Days Go by the Way Her Years (他度日她的如年)" are available in English. Translated by Steve Bradbury, "His Days Go by the Way Her Years" was one of the poetry finalists of the 2014 Best Translated Book Awards.
In 2016, Ye was invited by French universities to hold several forums when she was in France for the Poets of the Spring series. The forums, in which Ye shared three of her poetry films presenting elements of Taiwan's everyday life and local culture, were received with acclaim.
In 2017, Ye joined the International Poetry Festival of Granada, where she recited "A Moth Laid Its Eggs in My Armpit, and Then It Died" as part of the festival's opening ceremony.
To quote Ye, who calls herself a dreamer, "as long as one sees the world with a pure heart, anyone can become a poet."