"Cheng, Nien"@en . "Chinese writer" . . "2009-11-02Z"^^ . . "Nien Cheng"@en . "Nien Cheng or Zheng Nian (January 28, 1915 \u2013 November 2, 2009), is the pen name of Yao Nien-Yuan (Chinese: \u59DA\u5FF5\u5A9B; pinyin: Y\u00E1o Ni\u00E0nyu\u00E1n).She was a Chinese author who recounted her harrowing experiences of the Cultural Revolution in her memoir Life and Death in Shanghai.Cheng was born in Beijing. In 1966, she became a target of attack by Red Guards as the widow of the former manager of a foreign firm in Shanghai, Shell."@en . . "1915-01-28Z"^^ . "2009Z"^^ . . . . "1915Z"^^ .