Yang Jiang

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Yang.

Jiang Yang
Born	(1911-07-17)17 July 1911 Beijing, Qing Dynasty
Died	25 May 2016(2016-05-25) (aged 104) Beijing, China
Alma mater	Soochow University Tsinghua University University of Oxford University of Paris
Spouse	Qian Zhongshu ​ (m. 1935⁠–⁠1998)​
Children	Qian Yuan (1937-1997)
Parent(s)	Yang Yinhang (father, 1878-1945)
Relatives	Yang Yinyu (aunt, 1884-1938)

Yang Jiang (simplified Chinese: 杨绛; traditional Chinese: 楊絳; pinyin: Yáng Jiàng; 17 July 1911 – 25 May 2016), born Yang Jikang (simplified Chinese: 杨季康やすし; traditional Chinese: 楊季康やすし; pinyin: Yáng Jìkāng), was a Chinese playwright, author, and translator. She wrote several successful comedies. She was the first Chinese person to produce a complete Chinese version of Don Quixote from the Spanish original.

Death

On 25 May 2016, Yang died at the age of 104 at Peking Union Medical College Hospital in Beijing.

Related pages

• List of Chinese writers

Other websites

• Selected works of Yang Jiang in the journal "Renditions" (no. 76) Archived 2017-06-20 at the Wayback Machine (English)
• Excerpt from Yang Jiang's memoir "We Three" (English)
• Some of Yang Jiang's works on-line (Chinese)