Iris Chang
Iris Shun-Ru Chang (March 28, 1968 – November 9, 2004) was an American journalist, author of historical books and political activist. She is best known for her best-selling 1997 account of the Nanjing Massacre, The Rape of Nanking, and in 2003, The Chinese in America: A Narrative History. Chang is the subject of the 2007 biography Finding Iris Chang, and the 2007 documentary film Iris Chang: The Rape of Nanking starring Olivia Cheng as Iris Chang. The independent 2007 documentary film Nanking was based on her work and dedicated to her memory.
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Chang in c. 1985 | |
| Born | Iris Shun-Ru Chang March 28, 1968 Princeton, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Died | November 9, 2004 (aged 36) Santa Clara County, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Author, journalist, human rights activist |
| Alma mater | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (B.A.) Johns Hopkins University (M.A.) |
| Period | 1995–2004 |
| Subject | Chinese Americans, Nanjing Massacre, Qian Xuesen |
| Spouse |
Bretton Douglas (m. 1991) |
| Children | 1 |
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| Traditional Chinese | 張純如 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 张纯如 | ||||||
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