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Zhu Ziqing

1898 - 1948

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Zhu Ziqing (November 22, 1898 – August 12, 1948), born Zhu Zihua, was a renowned Chinese poet and essayist. Zhu studied at Peking University, and during the May Fourth Movement became one of several pioneers of modernism in China during the 1920s. Zhu was a prolific writer of both prose and poetry, but is best known for essays like "Retreating Figure" (Chinese: 背影; pinyin: Bèiyǐng), and "You. Me." (Chinese: 你我; pinyin: Nǐ wǒ). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Zhu Ziqing is the 4,842nd most popular writer (down from 4,838th in 2019), the 893rd most popular biography from China (up from 900th in 2019) and the 107th most popular Chinese Writer.

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Among writers, Zhu Ziqing ranks 4,842 out of 7,302. Before him are I. A. L. Diamond, Helen Fielding, Günter Kunert, Eugenio Montejo, Nh. Dini, and Erlend Loe. After him are Tommaso Grossi, Martin Suter, Gavino Ledda, Paco Ignacio Taibo II, Rachid Boudjedra, and Barbro Lindgren.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Zhu Ziqing ranks 213. Before him are Ben Shahn, Valentín Paz-Andrade, Clemente Biondetti, Ernst Ahl, Jascha Horenstein, and Rosa Chacel. After him are Petar Gabrovski, Zeki Rıza Sporel, Marilyn Miller, Riichi Yokomitsu, Vilho Lampi, and Edward Lawry Norton. Among people deceased in 1948, Zhu Ziqing ranks 153. Before him are Siegmund von Hausegger, Gregg Toland, Bevil Rudd, Gustav Schuft, Constantin Angelescu, and Manuel Arce y Ochotorena. After him are Mickey Marcus, Dale Fuller, D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson, Harry Brearley, Joseph Friedrich Nicolaus Bornmüller, and Pencho Zlatev.

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In China

Among people born in China, Zhu Ziqing ranks 893 out of 1,610. Before him are Jia Zhangke (1970), Chi Haotian (1929), Qiu Ying (1494), Liang Guanglie (1940), An Wang (1920), and Paul Shan Kuo-hsi (1924). After him are Tang Wei (1979), Hua Luogeng (1910), Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle (null), Bing Xin (1900), Ching Siu-tung (1953), and Li Li-hua (1924).

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Among WRITERS In China

Among writers born in China, Zhu Ziqing ranks 107. Before him are Zhang Jie (1937), Wen Yiduo (1899), Mervyn Peake (1911), Taranatha (1575), Chen Zi'ang (661), and Wang Guowei (1877). After him are Bing Xin (1900), Lin Shu (1852), John Hersey (1914), Fang Fang (1955), Ingrid Noll (1935), and Wang Meng (1934).

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