Chang, Diana (1934–)
Chang, Diana (1934–)
Asian-American novelist and poet. Born 1934 in New York, NY; dau. of a Chinese architect and a Eurasian; grew up in China; returned with family to New York after World War II; attended Barnard College.
Professor of creative writing at Barnard College until 1989, came to prominence with publication of The Frontiers of Love (1956); served as editor of American Pen and also exhibited paintings in New York galleries; wrote A Woman of Thirty (1959), A Passion for Life (1961), The Only Game in Town (1963), Eye to Eye (1974), and A Perfect Love (1978), and such poetry collections as The Horizon is Definitely Speaking (1982), What Matisse is After (1984) and Earth Water Light (1991).
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