C. T. Hsia

C. T. Hsia
C. T. Hsia
夏志清
Born	Chih-tsing Hsia; January 11, 1921; Pudong, Shanghai, China
Died	December 29, 2013 (aged 92); Manhattan, New York, U.S.
Academic background
Education	Peking University; University of Shanghai; Yale University;
Academic work
Discipline	History; Chinese literature;
Institutions	Columbia University

Hsia Chih-tsing (Chinese: 夏志清; January 11, 1921 – December 29, 2013), or C. T. Hsia, was a Chinese historian and literary theorist. He contributed to the introduction of modern Chinese literature to the Western world by promoting the works of once marginalized writers in the 1960s. Today, C. T. Hsia is considered one of the most important critics of Chinese literature.

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