Hsi Tseng Tsiang

Hsi Tseng Tsiang (; 1899–1971) was a Chinese-American left-wing writer of novels, poetry, and plays. In his later years, he trained himself to be an actor in Hollywood. He was captivated with the proletarian movements and created literature works associated with the miserable life of the early Chinese Americans and the struggle of working-class in the United States. In his works, he created eccentric but radical figures, bold but self-deprecating images as instruments to serve his vision of a proletarian revolution.

Tsiang was recognized as an innovator who managed to melt the essences of literature in the eastern and western world. He was also the first left-wing writer who utilized his works to promote social changes and his political awareness from the perspective of a Chinese American. His famous novels were ''China Red'', ''And China Has Hands'' and ''The Hanging on Union Square''. He was also one of the first noted Chinese film actors, having moved to Hollywood in the early 1940s. One of the most famous films he acted in is ''Tokyo Rose''. Provided by Wikipedia