Iris Chang
American writer and activist (1968–2004) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Iris Shun-Ru Chang (March 28, 1968 – November 9, 2004) was an American journalist, author of historical books and political activist. She is best known for her best-selling 1997 account of the Nanjing Massacre, The Rape of Nanking, and in 2003, The Chinese in America: A Narrative History. Chang is the subject of the 2007 biography Finding Iris Chang,[1] and the 2007 documentary film Iris Chang: The Rape of Nanking starring Olivia Cheng as Iris Chang.[2] The independent 2007 documentary film Nanking was based on her work and dedicated to her memory.
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Born | Iris Shun-Ru Chang (1968-03-28)March 28, 1968 Princeton, New Jersey, U.S. |
Died | November 9, 2004(2004-11-09) (aged 36) Santa Clara County, California, U.S. |
Occupation | Author, journalist, human rights activist |
Alma mater | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (B.A.) Johns Hopkins University (M.A.) |
Period | 1995–2004 |
Subject | Chinese Americans, Nanjing Massacre, Qian Xuesen |
Spouse |
Bretton Douglas (m. 1991) |
Children | 1 |
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Traditional Chinese | 張純如 | ||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 张纯如 | ||||||||
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