Rewi Alley, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Rewi Alley

writer, educator, social reformer, potter

Date of Birth: 02-Dec-1897

Place of Birth: Springfield, Canterbury Region, New Zealand

Date of Death: 27-Dec-1987

Profession: writer, poet, farmer, author

Nationality: China, New Zealand

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Rewi Alley (known in China as ??•??, Lùyì Àilí, 2 December 1897 – 27 December 1987) was a New Zealand-born writer and political activist.
A member of the Communist Party of China, he dedicated 60 years of his life to the cause, and was a key figure in the establishment of Chinese Industrial Cooperatives and technical training schools, including the Peili Vocational Institute (Bailie Vocational Institute or the Beijing Bailie University).
Alley was a prolific writer about 20th century China, and especially about the Communist revolution.
He also translated numerous Chinese poems.