Feng Keng

Not to be confused with Feng Kang.

In this Chinese name, the family name is Feng.

Feng Keng (Chinese: 馮鏗; 7 October 1907 – 10 February 1931)^[1] was a poet and author who, following her execution became known as one of the Five Martyrs of the League of Left-Wing Writers.^[2][3] Feng was born in Guangdong province, China.^[4] Her mother was a teacher.^[5]

When the magazine China Forum reported on the executions, it also published poems and stories written by four of those killed, and Feng's work was featured.^[6]

References

1. Zhang 1996, p. 320.
2. Davies 2013, p. 167.
3. Yan 2006, p. 191.
4. Highbeam 2007.
5. Anderson & Munford 1985, p. 128.
6. Tong 2009, p. 171.

Bibliography

• Anderson, Jennifer; Munford, Theresa (1985). Chinese women writers: a collection of short stories by Chinese women writers of the 1920s and 30s. China Books & Periodicals. ISBN 978-0835115421.
• Davies, Gloria (2013). Lu Xun's Revolution. Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0674072640.
• "Feng Keng (1907–1931)". Dictionary of Women Worldwide: 25,000 Women Through the Ages. Highbeam. Archived from the original on 24 February 2016. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
• Yan, Haiping (2006). Chinese Women Writers and the Feminist Imagination, 1905-1948. Routledge. ISBN 978-0415232883.
• Tong, Qingsheng (2009). "Guo Songtao in London: An Unaccomplished Mission of Discovery". In Elaine Yee Lin Ho, Julia Kuehn (ed.). China Abroad: Travels, Subjects, Spaces. Hong Kong University Press. ISBN 978-9622099456.
• Zhang, Yingjin (1996). The City in Modern Chinese Literature and Film: Configurations of Space, Time and Gender. Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-0804726825.