Yang Xianyi
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Vinony files it under 1915 births, 2009 deaths and 20th-century Chinese translators.
Its subject is documented across 7 Wikipedia language editions.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1915
- Died
- 2009
- Works
- 23
Top works
- Selected Chinese short stories of the Tang and Song Dynasties
- Lazy Dragon
- Dragon King's Daughter
- White Tiger
- Excerpts from three classical Chinese novels
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Yang
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- China
- Place of birth
- Tianjin
- Place of death
- Beijing
- Spouse
- Gladys Yang
- Sibling
- Yang Yi
- Occupation
- writer
- Educated at
- Merton College
- Employer
- Chongqing University
- Political party
- Chinese Communist Party
- Languages spoken
- Chinese
- Image
- Yang Xianyi (cropped).jpg
- Number of children
- 3
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- date of death
- 2009-11-23
- date of birth
- 1915-01-10
- writing language
- English language
- Commons category
- Yang Xianyi
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Categories
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