Eileen Chang

Chinese-born American essayist, novelist, and screenwriter

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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
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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.