Dai Houying (1938–1996)
Dai Houying (1938–1996)
Chinese novelist, reformer and educator. Born Mar 18, 1938, in China; murdered in apartment in Shanghai, China, Aug 25, 1996 (the killer, Tao Feng, admitted to murdering her and her niece and stealing Dai's savings).
Was an associate professor in literature at Shanghai University; published 1st novel, Ren Ah, Ren! (People, Oh People!), which explored the excesses of the Cultural Revolution; her trilogy (1981–86), which further focused on persecution of intellectuals in China, was comprised of Stones of the Wall (1981), Death of a Poet (1982), and Footsteps Echoing in the Void (1986); was an activist in pro-democracy rallies (1989).
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