1904 - 1986
Ding Ling (Chinese: 丁玲; pinyin: Dīng Líng; October 12, 1904 – March 4, 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 20th-century Chinese women authors. She is known for her feminist and socialist realist literature.Ding was active in leftist literary circles connected to the Chinese Communist Party and was imprisoned by the Chinese Nationalist Party for her politics. She later became a leader in the literary community in the Communist base of Yan'an, and held high literature and culture positions in the early government of the People's Republic of China. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ding Ling has received more than 163,831 page views. Her biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Ding Ling is the 2,119th most popular writer (up from 2,211th in 2019), the 550th most popular biography from China (down from 538th in 2019) and the 51st most popular Chinese Writer.
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Among writers, Ding Ling ranks 2,119 out of 5,755. Before her are Asclepiades of Samos, Erich Mühsam, Zbigniew Herbert, Ottavio Rinuccini, Aloysius Bertrand, and Johann Jakob Bodmer. After her are Gabriel Matzneff, Archibald Gracie IV, Imad ad-Din al-Isfahani, Quadratus of Athens, Elena Poniatowska, and Jaggi Vasudev.
320 BC - 300 BC
HPI: 54.70
Rank: 2,113
1878 - 1934
HPI: 54.70
Rank: 2,114
1924 - 1998
HPI: 54.70
Rank: 2,115
1562 - 1621
HPI: 54.69
Rank: 2,116
1807 - 1841
HPI: 54.69
Rank: 2,117
1698 - 1783
HPI: 54.69
Rank: 2,118
1904 - 1986
HPI: 54.69
Rank: 2,119
1936 - Present
HPI: 54.69
Rank: 2,120
1858 - 1912
HPI: 54.69
Rank: 2,121
1125 - 1201
HPI: 54.68
Rank: 2,122
100 - 129
HPI: 54.68
Rank: 2,123
1932 - Present
HPI: 54.68
Rank: 2,124
1957 - Present
HPI: 54.68
Rank: 2,125
Among people born in 1904, Ding Ling ranks 108. Before her are Nikolai Berzarin, Arkady Gaidar, Coleman Hawkins, Tadao Takayama, Delmer Daves, and Joseph Valachi. After her are Leo Joseph Suenens, Anna Mahler, Giuseppe Terragni, Vilis Lācis, Franz Kutschera, and Christian-Jaque. Among people deceased in 1986, Ding Ling ranks 91. Before her are André Leroi-Gourhan, Jacques Henri Lartigue, Jorge Alessandri, Hermann Gmeiner, Henri Toivonen, and Mart Stam. After her are Michael J. Smith, Elsa Lanchester, Princess Anne of Orléans, Vitaly Abalakov, Helen B. Taussig, and Valentin Kataev.
1904 - 1945
HPI: 55.27
Rank: 102
1904 - 1941
HPI: 55.23
Rank: 103
1904 - 1969
HPI: 55.10
Rank: 104
1904 - 1980
HPI: 54.95
Rank: 105
1904 - 1977
HPI: 54.79
Rank: 106
1904 - 1971
HPI: 54.75
Rank: 107
1904 - 1986
HPI: 54.69
Rank: 108
1904 - 1996
HPI: 54.47
Rank: 109
1904 - 1988
HPI: 54.47
Rank: 110
1904 - 1943
HPI: 54.43
Rank: 111
1904 - 1966
HPI: 54.39
Rank: 112
1904 - 1944
HPI: 54.37
Rank: 113
1904 - 1994
HPI: 54.24
Rank: 114
1911 - 1986
HPI: 55.56
Rank: 85
1894 - 1986
HPI: 55.49
Rank: 86
1896 - 1986
HPI: 55.45
Rank: 87
1919 - 1986
HPI: 55.14
Rank: 88
1956 - 1986
HPI: 55.14
Rank: 89
1899 - 1986
HPI: 54.97
Rank: 90
1904 - 1986
HPI: 54.69
Rank: 91
1945 - 1986
HPI: 54.65
Rank: 92
1902 - 1986
HPI: 54.61
Rank: 93
1906 - 1986
HPI: 54.57
Rank: 94
1906 - 1986
HPI: 54.50
Rank: 95
1898 - 1986
HPI: 54.41
Rank: 96
1897 - 1986
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 97
Among people born in China, Ding Ling ranks 550 out of 1,392. Before her are Mei Lanfang (1894), Shen Zhou (1427), Lin Sen (1868), Huang Xing (1874), Yang Xiong (-53), and Ma Bufang (1903). After her are Sun Simiao (581), Li Zhi (1527), Cheung Po Tsai (1783), He Yingqin (1890), Ban Biao (3), and Wu Daozi (680).
1894 - 1961
HPI: 54.87
Rank: 544
1427 - 1509
HPI: 54.86
Rank: 545
1868 - 1943
HPI: 54.85
Rank: 546
1874 - 1916
HPI: 54.83
Rank: 547
53 BC - 18
HPI: 54.80
Rank: 548
1903 - 1975
HPI: 54.72
Rank: 549
1904 - 1986
HPI: 54.69
Rank: 550
581 - 682
HPI: 54.68
Rank: 551
1527 - 1602
HPI: 54.67
Rank: 552
1783 - 1822
HPI: 54.65
Rank: 553
1890 - 1987
HPI: 54.65
Rank: 554
3 - 54
HPI: 54.62
Rank: 555
680 - 740
HPI: 54.62
Rank: 556
Among writers born in China, Ding Ling ranks 51. Before her are Eileen Chang (1920), Shen Yue (441), Ruan Ji (210), Fan Zhongyan (989), Ji Kang (223), and Feng Menglong (1574). After her are Li He (790), Ai Qing (1910), Cao Yu (1910), Li Shangyin (813), Consort Ban (-48), and Tian Han (1898).
1920 - 1995
HPI: 56.32
Rank: 45
441 - 513
HPI: 55.94
Rank: 46
210 - 263
HPI: 55.71
Rank: 47
989 - 1052
HPI: 55.61
Rank: 48
223 - 262
HPI: 55.29
Rank: 49
1574 - 1645
HPI: 55.17
Rank: 50
1904 - 1986
HPI: 54.69
Rank: 51
790 - 816
HPI: 54.61
Rank: 52
1910 - 1996
HPI: 54.11
Rank: 53
1910 - 1996
HPI: 54.10
Rank: 54
813 - 858
HPI: 54.03
Rank: 55
48 BC - 6 BC
HPI: 53.81
Rank: 56
1898 - 1968
HPI: 53.64
Rank: 57