Nostalgia poet Yu Kwang-chung dies at 89

Yu Kwang-chung, a Taiwan writer, translator and poet, died at 89 on Thursday morning.

On the Chinese mainland, Yu was best known for his poem Nostalgia, in which he describes his feelings for his hometown. Included in primary school textbooks, the poem has been widely recited by people across the country.

In 1992, when Yu returned to the mainland after a 43-year absence, he read the poem to audiences on China Central Television.