About Cheng Youshu
Lived 1924 – 2021 (aged 96–97). Cheng Youshu was a Chinese diplomat, poet and writer.
Cheng Youshu (; 1924 – 5 May 2021 ) was a Chinese diplomat and poet. Cheng was fluent in English and Danish.
Biography Cheng was born in Beijing in 1924, with her ancestral hometown in Xiangxiang, Hunan.
Cheng Youshu began writing poems at the age of 13. After high school, Cheng was accepted into Saint John's University, Shanghai, where she joined the Wenhui Fellowship—a Christian Fellowship.
Works
Poems The Surviving Rice
Translation Nb—Some Memories of Niels Henrik David Bohr
Awards The Surviving Rice – 3rd Lu Xun Literary Prize (2005)
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Who was Cheng Youshu?
Chinese diplomat and poet
When was Cheng Youshu born?
Cheng Youshu was born in 1924 in Jingzhao.
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Cheng Youshu died on 5 May 2021 in Beijing, Republic of China (1912–1949).
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Cheng Youshu was a diplomat, poet and writer.
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Cheng Youshu was Chinese.
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