Rong Zi
 | You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in Chinese. (January 2021) Click [show] for important translation instructions.
|
Wang Rongzi | |
|---|---|
| Native name | 王蓉芷 |
| Born | May 4, 1922 Jiangsu, Republic of China |
| Died | January 9, 2021 (aged 98) Xuzhou, China |
| Pen name | Rong Zi 蓉子 |
| Occupation | Writer, poet |
| Period | 1953–2021 |
| Genre | Modern Chinese poetry, prose, children's literature |
Rong Zi (Chinese: 蓉子) was the pen name of Wang Rongzi (Chinese: 王蓉芷; 4 May 1922 – 9 January 2021), a Chinese-born Taiwanese writer who is considered to be a leading modern day Taiwanese poet.[1]
She was born in Jiangsu province and was educated in Christian primary and secondary schools. She continued her education at an agricultural college. She first worked as a teacher and then later at a radio station; she came to Taipei in 1949.[2] She retired from the Taipei International Telecommunications Bureau in 1976.[3]
She published her first book of poetry Qingniao ji (Blue Bird) in 1953. Rongzi married the poet Luo Men in 1955.[2] The couple has been called "the Brownings of Chinese Modern Poetry".[4] Besides several volumes of poetry, she also published essays and a volume of children’s literature.[4] She received national and international awards for her work.[4]
Rong Zi returned to Jiangsu in 2019, to live with a relative. She died in Xuzhou on 9 January 2021.[5][6]
References
[edit]- ^ Lin, Julia C (2014). Twentieth-century Chinese Women's Poetry: An Anthology. p. 102. ISBN 978-1317453208.
- ^ a b Miller, Jane Eldridge (2001). Who's who in Contemporary Women's Writing. p. 278. ISBN 0415159806.
- ^ Yeh, Michelle; Malmqvist, N G D (2013). Frontier Taiwan: An Anthology of Modern Chinese Poetry. p. 144. ISBN 978-0231518413.
- ^ a b c "Taipei Poetry Festival 2009". Government of Taiwan. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02.
- ^ "詩人蓉子於中國辭世 享耆壽99歲". Liberty Times (in Chinese). 21 January 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
- ^ 張, 雅淨 (11 January 2021). "「永遠的青鳥」詩人蓉子逝世 長年為文學界奉獻". Central News Agency. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
| People | |
  | This article about a Taiwanese writer is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |