Eileen Chang

Eileen Chang
Eileen Chang
張愛玲
	Chang in 1944
Born	Zhang Ying (張煐); September 30, 1920; Shanghai, Republic of China
Died	September 8, 1995 (aged 74); Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Education	University of Hong Kong; St. John's University;
Occupations	Novelist; essayist; literature author; playwright; screenwriter; short story writer;
Spouses	; Hu Lancheng (m. 1944; div. 1947) ; Ferdinand Reyher (m. 1956; died 1967)
Relatives	Zhang Peilun (paternal grandfather); Li Hongzhang (great-grandfather);
	Writing career
Pen name	Liang Jing (梁京)
Period	1932–1995
Genre	Literary fiction
Notable works	Lust, Caution; Love in a Fallen City
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	張愛玲
Simplified Chinese	张爱玲
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Zhāng Àilíng
Gwoyeu Romatzyh	Jang Ayling
Wade–Giles	Chang1 Ai4-ling2
Liang Jing
Chinese	梁京
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Liáng Jīng
Wade–Giles	Liang2 Ching1

Eileen Chang (traditional Chinese: 張愛玲; simplified Chinese: 张爱玲; pinyin: Zhāng Àilíng; Wade–Giles: Chang¹ Ai⁴-ling²；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.