About Zhi Mei
Lived 1914 – 2004 (aged 90). Zhi Mei was a Chinese writer, biography and children's literature.
Mei Zhi (22 June 1914 – 8 October 2004) was a Chinese children's author and essayist.
Biography Mei Zhi was born in Nanchang, Jiangxi, the eldest daughter of three children. Mei joined the League of Left-Wing Writers in Shanghai in 1932. She met another member of this group, Hu Feng, in 1933 when he returned after being deported from Japan and the two married at the end of the year. The two lived in Shanghai, where their home became a meeting place for other members of the League of Left-Wing Writers. Mei published her first volume in 1934 titled Shoushang zhi ye.
During the Second Sino-Japanese War, Mei moved with her family first to Wuhan, then to Chongqing. Whilst they moved, Hu increased the number of publications of his literary magazine Qi Yue , which Mei copy-edited.
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Who was Zhi Mei?
Chinese writer
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Zhi Mei was born on 22 June 1914 in Nanchang.
When did Zhi Mei die?
Zhi Mei died on 8 October 2004 in Beijing.
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Zhi Mei was a writer, biography and children's literature.
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Zhi Mei was Chinese.
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