Ke Ling Explained

Ke Ling (Chinese: 柯灵; 1909 – 19 June 2000)^[1] was a Chinese journalist, publicist and writer. He is best known for his involvement with the Leftist newspaper Wenhui Bao, founded in February 1938.^[2]

Early life

Ke Ling was born in the market town of Doumen in Yuecheng District, Shaoxing, Zhejiang, and grew up in Guangzhou. Primarily self-taught, in 1924 he became a teacher in an elementary school, and in 1928 he was the principal of an elementary school in Xunyang.^[3]

In 1926 he published his first work in the Commercial Press's Women's Magazine (妇女杂志) (1915-1932) of Shanghai. In 1931 he moved to Shanghai, where, beginning in 1932, he participated in the left-wing film movement and became a member of the Left-wing Drama Federation's Film Critic Group (影評小組).^[4] In 1933, he assumed the job as the public relations director of Mingxing.

Notes and References

1. Book: Peng. Hsiao-yen. Rabut. Isabelle. Modern China and the West: Translation and Cultural Mediation. 7 March 2014. BRILL. 978-90-04-27022-0. 136.
2. Book: Fu, Poshek . Passivity, Resistance, and Collaboration: Intellectual Choices in Occupied Shanghai, 1937–1945 . . 1993 . 978-0-8047-2796-9 . 37.
3. Web site: zh:著名报人与散文家柯灵 . Famous newspaperman and essayist Ke Ling . 上海档案信息网 [Shanghai Archives Information Network] . 24 June 2008 . http://www.archives.sh.cn/shjy/hsrw/201203/t20120313_6229.html . https://web.archive.org/web/20180612020242/http://www.archives.sh.cn/shjy/hsrw/201203/t20120313_6229.html . 12 June 2018 . live .
4. Web site: 24 November 2016 . zh:“剧联”影评小组的成立 . The establishment of the "Julian" Film Critics Group . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20171007094514/http://www.ccphistory.org.cn/node2/shds/n1408/u1ai22298.html . 7 October 2017 . 中共上海市委党史研究室 电话 [Party History Research Office of the [[Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Chinese Communist Party]]].