Yang Jiang

Yang Jiang
杨绛
Yang in 1941
Born
Yang Jikang (楊季康)

(1911-07-17)17 July 1911
Beijing, China
Died25 May 2016(2016-05-25) (aged 104)
Beijing, China
NationalityChinese
Alma materSoochow University
Tsinghua University
University of Oxford
University of Paris
Spouse
(m. 1935; died 1998)
ChildrenQian Yuan (1937–1997)
Parent(s)Yang Yinhang (father)
Tang Xuying (mother)
Yang Jiang
Traditional Chinese楊絳
Simplified Chinese杨绛
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinYáng Jiàng
Wade–GilesYang Chiang
Yang Jikang
Traditional Chinese楊季康
Simplified Chinese杨季康
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinYáng Jìkāng

Yang Jiang (Chinese: 杨绛; Wade–Giles: Yang Chiang; 17 July 1911 – 25 May 2016) was a Chinese playwright, author, and translator. She wrote several successful comedies, and was the first Chinese person to produce a complete Chinese version of Miguel de Cervantes' novel Don Quixote.[1]

  1. ^ A family besieged now beloved. China Daily, 17 November 2003. Retrieved 26 May 2016.