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Eileen Chang
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Chinese-born American essayist, novelist, and screenwriter
Film & TV
Shanghai, China
Eileen Chang, also known as Chang Ai-ling or Zhang Ailing, her pen name was Liang Jing, was a Chinese-born American essayist, novelist, and screenwriter. She is a well-known feminist in Chinese history. Chang was born with an aristocratic lineage and educated bilingually in Shanghai.
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Key facts
- Born
- Zhang Ying ( 張煐 ) , ( 1920-09-30 ) September 30, 1920, Shanghai , Republic of China
- Died
- September 8, 1995 (1995-09-08) (aged 74), Los Angeles, California, U.S.
- Pen name
- Liang Jing ( 梁京 )
- Occupation
- Novelist essayist literature author playwright screenwriter short story writer
- Education
- St. Mary's Hall
- Alma mater
- University of Hong Kong , St. John's University
- Period
- 1932–1995
- Genre
- Literary fiction
- Notable works
- Lust, Caution , Love in a Fallen City
- Spouse
- Hu Lancheng ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1944 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1947 ) Ferdinand Reyher ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1956 ; died October 8, 1967</span>"}]]}'>1967 )
- Relatives
- Zhang Peilun (paternal grandfather) Li Hongzhang (great-grandfather)
- Traditional chinese
- 張 愛 玲
- Simplified chinese
- 张 爱 玲
- Hanyu pinyin
- Zhāng Àilíng
- Gwoyeu romatzyh
- Jang Ayling
- Wade giles
- Chang Ai -ling
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Zhang
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- China
- Place of birth
- Shanghai
- Place of death
- Westwood
- Occupation
- novelist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Notable work
- Lust, Caution
- Genre
- essay
- Image
- 1944年的张爱玲.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1921-00-00
- date of death
- 1995-09-01
- Commons category
- Eileen Chang
- topic's main category
- Category:Eileen Chang
- pseudonym
- Լյան Ցին
- name in native language
- 张爱玲
- writing language
- Chinese
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Encyclopedic overview
Liang Jing Chinese梁京
Eileen Chang (traditional Chinese: 張愛玲; simplified Chinese: 张爱玲; pinyin: Zhāng Àilíng; Wade–Giles: Chang Ai-ling；September 30, 1920 – September 8, 1995), also known as Chang Ai-ling or Zhang Ailing, or by her sometime pen name Liang Jing (梁京), was a Chinese and American writer. Chang was born in Shanghai to a family with aristocratic lineage and received a bilingual education in Chinese and English. She gained literary prominence in Japanese-occupied Shanghai between 1943 and 1945. In 1952, she left the newly founded People's Republic of China for British Hong Kong and later the United States. Since her rediscovery in the late 1960s, she has been one of the most widely read and critically acclaimed writers in the Chinese-speaking world.
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