Chi Pang-yuan

Chi Pang-yuan (Chinese: 齊邦媛; pinyin: Qí Bāngyuàn; 19 February 1924 – 28 March 2024) was a Manchurian-born Taiwanese writer, academic, and Chinese–English translator.

Chi studied English literature at Wuhan University under the tutelage of Zhu Guangqian and Wu Mi.

She enrolled at Indiana University Bloomington in 1968, but returned to Taiwan six credits away from completing a Master of Arts degree due to family matters.

In 1969, Chi founded and served as head of the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures at National Chung Hsing University.

[2][5] In 2015, Chen's successor Ma Ying-jeou awarded Chi the Order of Brilliant Star.