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- Birth nameChang Ying
- Eileen Chang was born on September 30, 1920 in Shanghai, China. She was a writer, known for Lust, Caution (2007), Father Takes a Bride (1963) and Taitai Wansui (1947). She died on September 8, 1995 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Her roots were from Shanghai, China. She spent a few years of her childhood in Tianjin. Her family then moved back to Shanghai and she considered herself a genuine Shanghainese.
- Her paternal grandmother was the daughter of the 19th-century statesman Li Hongzhang - a high-ranking official in China's last dynasty, the Qing.
- When she was only one semester short of graduating college in Hong Kong, she was forced to drop out due to financial issues and Hong Kong's sudden Japanese takeover.
- She studied English at a private high school, very rare for Chinese females of her time.
- Parents divorced when she was ten years old.
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