Hongying

Hong Ying (September 21, 1962-), a native of Chongqing, is a female writer and poet. He studied at Lu Xun Institute of Literature in Beijing and Fudan University in Shanghai. In the spring of 1991, he went to the UK on a student visa. In the same year, he married Zhao Yiheng, who teaches at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. After marriage, he worked as a part-time model and later began literary creation. Around 2006, she divorced Zhao Yiheng. Later, she gave birth to a daughter, Sybil, and now lives in Beijing.