Rong Zi

Wang Rongzi
Native name	王蓉芷
Born	(1922-05-04)May 4, 1922 Jiangsu, Republic of China
Died	January 9, 2021(2021-01-09) (aged 98) Xuzhou, China
Pen name	Rong Zi 蓉子
Occupation	Writer, poet
Period	1953–2021
Genre	Modern Chinese poetry, prose, children's literature

Rong Zi (Chinese: 蓉子) was the pen name of Wang Rongzi (Chinese: 王蓉芷; 4 May 1922 – 9 January 2021), a Chinese-born Taiwanese writer who is considered to be a leading modern day Taiwanese poet.^[1]

She was born in Jiangsu province and was educated in Christian primary and secondary schools. She continued her education at an agricultural college. She first worked as a teacher and then later at a radio station; she came to Taipei in 1949.^[2] She retired from the Taipei International Telecommunications Bureau in 1976.^[3]

She published her first book of poetry Qingniao ji (Blue Bird) in 1953. Rongzi married the poet Luo Men [zh] in 1955.^[2] The couple has been called "the Brownings of Chinese Modern Poetry".^[4] Besides several volumes of poetry, she also published essays and a volume of children's literature.^[4] She received national and international awards for her work.^[4]

Rong Zi returned to Jiangsu in 2019, to live with a relative. She died in Xuzhou on 9 January 2021.^[5][6]

References

1. Lin, Julia C (2014). Twentieth-century Chinese Women's Poetry: An Anthology. p. 102. ISBN 978-1317453208.
2. Miller, Jane Eldridge (2001). Who's who in Contemporary Women's Writing. p. 278. ISBN 0415159806.
3. Yeh, Michelle; Malmqvist, N G D (2013). Frontier Taiwan: An Anthology of Modern Chinese Poetry. p. 144. ISBN 978-0231518413.
4. "Taipei Poetry Festival 2009". Government of Taiwan. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02.
5. "詩人蓉子於中國辭世 享耆壽99歲". Liberty Times (in Chinese). 21 January 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
6. 張, 雅淨 (11 January 2021). "「永遠的青鳥」詩人蓉子逝世 長年為文學界奉獻". Central News Agency. Retrieved 6 February 2021.