WRITER

Eileen Chang

1920 - 1995

Eileen Chang

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 pen name Liang Jing (梁京), was a Chinese-born American essayist, novelist, and screenwriter. Chang was born with an aristocratic lineage and educated bilingually in Shanghai. She gained literary prominence in Japanese-occupied Shanghai between 1943 and 1945. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eileen Chang has received more than 554,191 page views. Her biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Eileen Chang is the 1,608th most popular writer (up from 1,739th in 2019), the 472nd most popular biography from China (up from 492nd in 2019) and the 40th most popular Chinese Writer.

Memorability Metrics

550k
Page Views (PV)
57.89
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
34
Languages Editions (L)
2.65
Effective Languages (L*)
4.12
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Rose rouge et rose blanche

2001

Traces of Love and Other Stories

2000

La Cangue d'Or

2000

Lust, Caution

Fiction

An espionage thriller set against the backdrop of World War II Shanghai recounts the relationship between Mr. Yee, a powerful political figure, and Wang Jiazhi, a young woman who is swept up in a perilous game of emotional intrigue with Mr. Yee, in a volume that is accompanied by the screenplay for the film, an essay on the making of the film, and film stills. Simultaneous. (A Focus Features film, written by James Schamus & Wang Hui-Ling, directed by Ang Lee, releasing September 2007) (Performing Arts)

20074 / 5

The rice-sprout song

1955

Love in a fallen city

Translations into English, Chinese Short stories, Fiction, short stories (single author)

"Eileen Chang is one of the great writers of twentieth-century China. At the heart of Chang's achievement is her short fiction - tales of love, longing, and the shifting and endlessly treacherous shoals of family life. Written when Chang was still in her twenties, these stories combine a contemporary sensibility, keenly alert to sexual politics and psychological ambiguity, with a lyricism that echoes the classics of Chinese literature. Love in a Fallen City, the first collection in English of this body of work, introduces American readers to the stark vision of a modern master."--BOOK JACKET

2006

Encyclopedia of women in American history

Women, Encyclopedias, History

2002

Half A Lifelong Romance

Translations into English, Man-woman relationships, Fiction

2014

The rice-sprout song

1955

The rouge of the north

Fiction, Married women

1967

Lust, Caution

Fiction, Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945, Man-woman relationships

In the midst of the Japanese occupation of China and Hong Kong, two lives become intertwined: Wong Chia Chi, a young student active in the resistance, and Mr. Yee, a powerful political figure who works for the Japanese occupational government. As these two move deftly between Shanghai’s tea parties and secret interrogations, they become embroiled in the complicated politics of wartime—and in a mutual attraction that may be more than what they expected. Written in lush, lavish prose, and with the tension of a political thriller, Lust, Caution brings 1940s Shanghai artfully to life even as it limns the erotic pulse of a doomed love affair.

2007