Bing Xin
Bing Xin (real name Xie Wanying) (1900-1999) born in Fuzhou and educated at Yenching University in Peking, where she graduated in Literature, and at Wellesley College in the United States, where she gained an MA in English Literature. She returned to China in 1926 and taught at Yanjing University, Qinghua University and Peking Women's Wenli College, and also for a year in Tokyo (1949-1950). She began writing during the May Fourth Movement and had many works of prose and poetry, as well as translations, published during her lifetime. She held several official positions, including that of vice-chairwoman of the Federation of Literary and Art Circles, and was a delegate to the National People's Congress.
A native of Fuzhou, Fujian Province, Bing Xin finished her higher education at Yanjing University in Peking, where she graduated with a degree in literature. Later, she went to the United States for further education in Wellesley College, where she gained an MA in English Literature. She returned to China in 1926 and taught at Yanjing University, Qinghua University and Peking Women's Wenli College thereafter. She also spent a year in Tokyo (1949-1950) as a visit scholar.
Bing Xin began writing during the May Fourth Movement and published her first piece of writing in 1919 in Chenbao (Morning Paper). That year also marked the beginning of her literary career that were to span a century. From the 1920s to the 1990s, Bing Xin had many works of prose and poetry, as well as translations, published during her lifetime.
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