| Wang Rongzi | |
| Birth Date: | 4 May 1922 |
| Occupation: | Writer, poet |
| Native Name: | 王蓉芷 |
| Native Name Lang: | zh |
| Pseudonym: | Rong Zi Chinese: 蓉子 |
| Birth Place: | Jiangsu, Republic of China |
| Death Place: | Xuzhou, China |
| Period: | 1953–2021 |
| Genre: | Modern Chinese poetry, prose, children's literature |
Rong Zi (Chinese: 蓉子) was the pen name of Wang Rongzi (Chinese: 王蓉芷; 4 May 1922 – 9 January 2021), a Chinese-born Taiwanese writer who is considered to be a leading modern day Taiwanese poet.[1]
She was born in Jiangsu province and was educated in Christian primary and secondary schools. She continued her education at an agricultural college. She first worked as a teacher and then later at a radio station; she came to Taipei in 1949. She retired from the Taipei International Telecommunications Bureau in 1976.[2]
She published her first book of poetry Qingniao ji (Blue Bird) in 1953. Rongzi married the poet in 1955.[3] The couple has been called "the Brownings of Chinese Modern Poetry".[4] Besides several volumes of poetry, she also published essays and a volume of children's literature.[4] She received national and international awards for her work.[4]
Rong Zi returned to Jiangsu in 2019, to live with a relative. She died in Xuzhou on 9 January 2021.[5] [6]