WRITER

Bing Xin

1900 - 1999

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Xie Wanying (simplified Chinese: 谢婉莹; traditional Chinese: 謝婉瑩; October 5, 1900 – February 28, 1999), better known by her pen name Bing Xin (Chinese: 冰心) or Xie Bingxin, was one of the most prolific Chinese women writers of the 20th century. Many of her works were written for young readers. She was the chairperson of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles. Her pen name Bing Xin (literally "Ice Heart") carries the meaning of a morally pure heart, and is taken from a line in a Tang dynasty poem by Wang Changling. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bing Xin is the 4,924th most popular writer (down from 3,428th in 2019), the 897th most popular biography from China (down from 779th in 2019) and the 108th most popular Chinese Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Bing Xin ranks 4,924 out of 7,302. Before her are Kostas Varnalis, Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer, Ole Lund Kirkegaard, Dashdorjiin Natsagdorj, Igor Newerly, and Johann Baptist Allgaier. After her are Neal Stephenson, Juan Meléndez Valdés, Halina Poświatowska, John Esposito, Leonti Mroveli, and Maithili Sharan Gupt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1900, Bing Xin ranks 237. Before her are Irene Guest, Jørgen-Frantz Jacobsen, Taylor Caldwell, Arthur Norris, Hyman G. Rickover, and Nikolai Vladimirovich Nekrasov. After her are Ivan Ivanov-Vano, Teóphilo Bettencourt Pereira, Hermann Kesten, Colin Clive, Zenón Noriega Agüero, and Edward Battell. Among people deceased in 1999, Bing Xin ranks 206. Before her are János Parti, Owen Hart, Maria Sander, Yury Malyshev, Heinrich Schmid, and Christopher Cockerell. After her are Raúl Silva Henríquez, Lloyd La Beach, Rick Danko, Hideo Itokawa, Birgit Cullberg, and Celso Torrelio.

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In China

Among people born in China, Bing Xin ranks 897 out of 1,610. Before her are An Wang (1920), Paul Shan Kuo-hsi (1924), Zhu Ziqing (1898), Tang Wei (1979), Hua Luogeng (1910), and Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle (null). After her are Ching Siu-tung (1953), Li Li-hua (1924), Toshiko Fujita (1950), Liu Yang (1978), P. C. Chang (1892), and Xie Fuzhi (1909).

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Among WRITERS In China

Among writers born in China, Bing Xin ranks 108. Before her are Wen Yiduo (1899), Mervyn Peake (1911), Taranatha (1575), Chen Zi'ang (661), Wang Guowei (1877), and Zhu Ziqing (1898). After her are Lin Shu (1852), John Hersey (1914), Fang Fang (1955), Ingrid Noll (1935), Wang Meng (1934), and Ha Jin (1956).

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