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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 · Set in cosmopolitan Shanghai and Hong Kong, Chang’s early works of fiction revolve around courtship, love, betrayal, gossip, and lies, the beginnings of a lifelong interest in juxtaposing one’s thoughts (private) against speech and actions (public).
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.
Author Eileen Chang’s life was as storied—and tragic—as her novels, one of which hits the big screen this month.
Nov 4, 2020 · Eileen Chang, also known as Chang Ai-ling or Zhang Ailing (September 30, 1920 – September 8, 1995), was a Chinese essayist, novelist, and screenwriter. Although Chang’s somber love stories are widely recognized, her construction of an alternative wartime narrative is considered a significant contribution to Chinese literature.
Dec 29, 2020 · Eileen Chang was born in Shanghai in 1920, a time of massive upheaval. The year before her birth, the May Fourth Movement rippled across the country, ushering in new intellectual currents, new values like democracy and science, and new rights for women.
Eileen Chang, who was to become one of the greatest figures of 20th-century Chinese literature through her powerful depictions of a traditional society in the throes of moral and social decay, grew up in the highest levels of that same society.
