Sanmao (writer)

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Echo Chen Ping
Native name	陳平
Born	Chen Mao-ping (陳懋平) (1943-03-26)March 26, 1943 Chongqing, Sichuan, China
Died	4 January 1991(1991-01-04) (aged 47) Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
Pen name	Sanmao (三毛)
Occupation	Writer, translator
Citizenship	Republic of China Spain
Education	Taiwan Provincial Taipei First Girls' High School (dropout)
Alma mater	Chinese Culture University Complutense University of Madrid
Period	1943–1991
Notable works	Stories of the Sahara Gone with the Rainy Season
Spouse	José María Quero y Ruíz ​ ​ (m. 1973; died 1979)​
Relatives	Chen Siqing (father) Miao Jinlan (mother) Chen Tianxin (sister)
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Sanmao (Chinese: 三毛; pinyin: Sānmáo) was the pen name of Echo Chen Ping (born Chen Mao-ping; 26 March 1943 – 4 January 1991), a Taiwanese writer and translator. Her works range from autobiographical writing, travel writing and reflective novels, to translations of Spanish-language comic strips. She studied philosophy and taught German before becoming a career writer. Her pen name was adopted from the main character of Zhang Leping's most famous work, Sanmao.^[1] In English, she was also known as Echo or Echo Chan, the first name she used in Latin script, after the eponymous Greek nymph. Since childhood, she was said to have avoided writing the character "Mao" (懋) as it was too complex; later in life, she legally changed her name to Chen Ping.