Home Writers Chen Ran Chen Ran Writer Chen Ran (Chinese: 陈染; pinyin: Chén Rǎn) is a Chinese avant-garde writer. Most of her works appeared in the 1990s and often deal with Chinese feminism. Personal facts Birth dateJanuary 01, 1962 Birth placeBeijing NationalityChina facebook tumblr linkedin twitter reddit google+ Search Writer Career start1990 Career end1990 influenced byJames JoyceJorge Luis BorgesRainer Maria RilkeVirginia WoolfMarguerite DurasMarguerite Yourcenar Topical connections Feng XiaogangArtist Cai ShangjunArtist Chen BodaPolitician Chen Ran on Wikipedia Chen Ran External resources http://books.google.com/books?id=5j8LVxwPLx0C&lpg=PP1&dq=a%20private%20life&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false