Ding Ling
Sign in to saveAlso known as Ting Ling, Jiang Bingzhi, Bin Zhi, Chiang Ping-tzu
Chinese writer (1904-1986)
Key facts
- Born
- Jiang Bingzhi , ( 1904-10-12 ) 12 October 1904, Linli , Hunan , China
- Died
- 4 March 1986 (1986-03-04) (aged 81), Beijing , China
- Occupation
- Writer
- Language
- Chinese
- Notable works
- Miss Sophia's Diary , The Sun Shines over the Sanggan River
- Spouse
- Hu Yepin , Feng Da, Chen Ming
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Jiang
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Republic of China
- Place of birth
- Linli County
- Place of death
- Beijing
- Spouse
- Hu Yepin
- Occupation
- playwright
- Educated at
- International Writing Program
- Political party
- Chinese Communist Party
- Languages spoken
- Chinese
- Award
- Stalin Prize
- Image
- Ding Ling 3.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1904-10-12
- date of death
- 1986-03-14
- Commons category
- Ding Ling
- member of
- League of Left-Wing Writers
- writing language
- Chinese
- place of burial
- Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery
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Encyclopedic overview
Ding Ling (Chinese: 丁玲; pinyin: Dīng Líng; 12 October 1904 – 4 March 1986), formerly romanized as Ting Ling, was the pen name of Jiang Bingzhi (simplified Chinese: 蒋冰之; traditional Chinese: 蔣冰之; pinyin: Jiǎng Bīngzhī), also known as Bin Zhi (彬芷 Bīn Zhǐ), one of the most celebrated Chinese women authors of the 20th century. She is known for her feminist and socialist realist literature.
Ding was active in leftist literary circles connected to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and was imprisoned by the Chinese Nationalist Party (Kuomintang or "KMT") for her politics. She later became a leader in the literary community in the CCP revolutionary base area of Yan'an, and held high literature and culture positions in the early government of the People's Republic of China. She was awarded the Soviet Union's Stalin second prize for Literature in 1951 for her socialist-realist work The Sun Shines Over Sanggan River.
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