Bing Xin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Bing Xin

Chinese writer

Date of Birth: 05-Oct-1900

Place of Birth: Gulou District, Fujian, China

Date of Death: 28-Feb-1999

Profession: writer, poet, translator

Nationality: China

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Xie Wanying (Chinese: ???; October 5, 1900 – February 28, 1999), better known by her pen name Bing Xin (Chinese: ??) or Xie Bingxin, was one of the most prolific Chinese writers of the 20th Century.
Many of her works were written for young readers.
She was the chairperson of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles.
Her pen name Bing Xin (literally "Ice Heart") carries the meaning of a morally pure heart, and is taken from a line in a Tang Dynasty poem by Wang Changling.