Ru Zhijuan | |||||||||
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Born | Shanghai, Republic of China | October 30, 1925||||||||
Died | October 7, 1998 Shanghai, People's Republic of China | (aged 72)||||||||
Language | Chinese | ||||||||
Notable works | "Lilies" (1958) | ||||||||
Spouse | Wang Xiaoping (王啸平) | ||||||||
Children | 3, including Wang Anyi | ||||||||
Chinese name | |||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 茹志鵑 | ||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 茹志鹃 | ||||||||
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Ru Zhijuan (Wade–Giles: Ju Chih-chüan, 30 October 1925 – 7 October 1998) was a Chinese writer best known for her short stories.[1] Ru was one of the most important writers of her generation.[2] Her second daughter Wang Anyi is also a famous writer.