Quote of the day
There are no countries in the world less known by the British than these selfsame British Islands, or where more strange things are every day occurring.
Ding Ling
Born: October 12, 1904
Died: March 4, 1986 (aged 81)
Bio: Ding Ling, formerly romanized as Ting Ling, was the pen name of Jiang Bingzhi, also known as Bin Zhi, one of the most celebrated 20th-century Chinese authors. She was awarded the Soviet Union's Stalin second prize for Literature in 1951.
Known for:
- Miss Sophia's Diary
- I myself am a woman
- The power of weakness
- Miss Sophie's diary and other stories
- The Sun Shines Over the Sangkan River (1984)