Zhai Zhenhua


Zhai Zhenhua is a Chinese autobiographical writer known for her memoir Red Flower of China, which detailed her teenage participation in Mao's Cultural Revolution.

Life

Zhai Zhenhua joined the Red Guard and as a fifteen-year-old participated in the violence of the Cultural Revolution. She was later herself purged, but rehabilitated after working on the land and in a factory.
She eventually emigrated to Canada, where she wrote her autobiography.

Works