Zhang Jie (writer)

Zhang Jie (, 27 April 1937 – 21 January 2022) was a Chinese novelist and short-story writer. She is one of China's first feminist fiction writers. Zhang's novel "Leaden Wings" was translated into German in 1982 and published in England in 1987 by Virago Press. She was awarded the Mao Dun Literature Prize in 1985 for "Leaden Wings" and in 2005 for "Without a Word", making her the first writer to receive the award twice.
Zhang died in New York on January 21, 2022, at the age of 84.