Chloe Estep

Field: Chinese Literature
Advisor: Lydia Liu
Email: cee2122@columbia.edu

Chloe is a Ph.D. candidate in modern Chinese literature. Her dissertation reveals the robust afterlife of classical poetry in twentieth century China by analyzing meta-discourses and media technologies that appropriate, translate, and remediate classical poetry for modern readers. Her research interests also include orthography, media theory, and translation studies. Her translation of Lu Yao’s popular novel Life 《人生》was published in 2019. She received a B.A. from Princeton University and an M.A. from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. She is also a fellow in the Institute for Comparative Literature and Society.