Iris Chang

Iris Chang
Chang in c. 1985
Chang in c. 1985
BornIris Shun-Ru Chang
(1968-03-28)March 28, 1968
Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.
DiedNovember 9, 2004(2004-11-09) (aged 36)
Santa Clara County, California, U.S.
OccupationAuthor, journalist, human rights activist
Alma materUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (B.A.)
Johns Hopkins University (M.A.)
Period1995–2004
SubjectChinese Americans, Nanjing Massacre, Qian Xuesen
Spouse
Bretton Douglas
(m. 1991)
Children1
Website
www.irischang.net
Iris Chang
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhāng Chúnrú
Wade–GilesChang1 Ch'un2-ju2

Iris Shun-Ru Chang (March 28, 1968 – November 9, 2004) was an American journalist, author of historical books and political activist. She is best known for her best-selling 1997 account of the Nanjing Massacre, The Rape of Nanking, and in 2003, The Chinese in America: A Narrative History. Chang is the subject of the 2007 biography Finding Iris Chang,[1] and the 2007 documentary film Iris Chang: The Rape of Nanking starring Olivia Cheng as Iris Chang.[2] The independent 2007 documentary film Nanking was based on her work and dedicated to her memory.

  1. ^ "What Happened to Iris Chang?". Chicago Reader. November 1, 2007. Archived from the original on September 1, 2009. Retrieved June 16, 2024.
  2. ^ "Synopsis". Reel Iris Productions. Retrieved November 17, 2007.