Chen Xiaocui

Chen Xiaocui
陳小翠
Xiaocui in 1934
Born	Chen Zui (陳璻) (1902-09-25)25 September 1902 Hangzhou, Qing dynasty
Died	1 July 1967(1967-07-01) (aged 64) Shanghai, People's Republic of China
Other names	Chen Zui, Chen Cuina, Cuilou
Political party	CPWDP (1956–1967)
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	陳小翠
Simplified Chinese	陈小翠
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Chén Xiǎocuì Wade–Giles Ch'en2 Hsiao3-ts'ui4 IPA [ʈʂʰə̌n ɕjàʊ.tsʰwêɪ]

Chen Xiaocui^[a] (25 September 1902 – 1 July 1967) was a Chinese poet, writer, and painter who composed classical Chinese poetry, short stories, novels, and plays, translated Western literature, and created traditional Chinese paintings. She was a founder of the Chinese Women's Calligraphy and Painting Association. After the People's Republic of China was founded, Chen became one of the first professors at Shanghai Chinese Painting Academy [zh] in 1960 but died by suicide in 1967, a year into the Cultural Revolution. The major collection of her poetry is Cuilou Yincao (Chinese: 翠樓吟草).
Cite error: There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or {{efn}} templates on this page, but the references will not show without a {{reflist|group=lower-alpha}} template or {{notelist}} template (see the help page).