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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).
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.
Author Eileen Chang’s life was as storied—and tragic—as her novels, one of which hits the big screen this month.
Sep 8, 1995 · 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.
Eileen Chang (1920–1995) is arguably the most perceptive writer in modern Chinese literature. She was one of the most popular writers in 1940s Shanghai, but her... Front Matter
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.
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...
Sep 8, 2020 · 2020 marks the centennial of the birth of Eileen Chang, the celebrated Shanghai-born Chinese American essayist, novelist, and screenwriter.
Sep 23, 2024 · This libguide is designed for an introduction to Zhang Ailing, or Eileen Chang, one of the most influential figures and arguably the most talented writer of twenties-century China. This libguide includes Zhang Ailing's works, biographies of Zhang Ailing, films based on Zhang Ailing's work, and secondary resources on Zhang Ailing's works.
