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Eileen Chang (traditional Chinese: 張愛玲; simplified Chinese: 张爱玲; pinyin: Zhāng Àilíng; Wade–Giles: Chang 1 Ai 4-ling 2 ；September 30, 1920 – September 8, 1995), also known as Chang Ai-ling or Zhang Ailing, or by her pen name Liang Jing (梁京), was a Chinese-born American essayist, novelist, and screenwriter.
Dec 23, 2020 · Learn about the life, work, and legacy of Eileen Chang (張愛玲), a modern master of Chinese fiction. Explore her themes of love, betrayal, and social critique in stories set in Shanghai and Hong Kong.
Eileen Chang is the English name for Chinese author 張愛玲, who was born to a prominent family in Shanghai (one of her great-grandfathers was Li Hongzhang) in 1920. She went to a prestigious girls' school in Shanghai, where she changed her name from Chang Ying to Chang Ai-ling to match her English name, Eileen.
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Author Eileen Chang’s life was as storied—and tragic—as her novels, one of which hits the big screen this month.
This month marks the centenary of the birth of Eileen Chang (Zhang Ailing), one of the most celebrated modern authors in the Chinese-speaking world. Chang is largely remembered for the works which first brought her acclaim in China: the romance stories she began publishing in the early forties while living in Japanese-occupied Shanghai.
Nov 4, 2020 · Learn about the life and works of Eileen Chang, a prominent Chinese writer who explored love, power, and human truth in her stories. Discover her early struggles, marriages, exile, and legacy in this comprehensive biography.
Jun 30, 2023 · Zhang Ailing, also known as Eileen Chang, became a literary wunderkind in her native Shanghai for her stylish and slyly observant stories of city love affairs and romances—“some of the trivial...
