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A young man arrives in England in the 1930's, knowing few words of the English language. Yet, two years later he writes a successful English book on Chinese art, and within the following decade publishes more than a dozen others. This is the true story of Chiang Yee, a renowned writer, artist, and worldwide traveler, best known for the Silent Traveller series--stories of England, the United States, Ireland, France, Japan, and Australia--all written in his humorous, delightfully refreshing, and enlightening literary style. This biography is more than a recounting of extraordinary accomplishments. It also embraces the transatlantic life experience of Yee who traveled from China to England and then on to the United States, where he taught at Columbia University, to his return to China in 1975, after a forty-two year absence. Interwoven is the history of the communist revolution in China; the battle to save England during World War II; the United States during the McCarthy red scare era; and, eventually, thawing Sino-American relations in the 1970's. Da Zheng uncovers Yee's encounters with racial exclusion and immigration laws, displacement, exile, and the pain and losses he endured hidden behind a popular public image.

Travelers' writings, English --- Exiles' writings, English --- Chinese in literature. --- Asian diaspora. --- Chinese --- Chinese American artists --- Chinese American authors --- English exiles' writings --- English literature --- Diaspora, Asian --- Human geography --- Asians --- Ethnology --- Artists, Chinese American --- Artists --- Authors, Chinese American --- Authors, American --- History and criticism. --- Migrations --- Chiang, Yee, --- Chiang, Chung-ya, --- Chiang, I, --- Jiang, Yi, --- 蒋彝, --- 蔣彜, --- Jiang, Zhongya, --- 蒋仲雅, --- 蒋重哑, --- Yaxingzhe, --- 啞行者, --- China --- In literature.

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This book, Chiang Yee and His Circle: Chinese Artistic and Intellectual Life in Britain, 1930-1950, celebrates the life and work of Chiang Yee (1903-1977), a Chinese writer, poet, and painter who made his home in London, England during the 1930s and 1940s. It examines Chiang's relationship with his circle of friends and colleagues in the English capital, and assesses the work he produced during his sojourn there. This edited volume, with contributions from eleven distinguished scholars, tells a story of a Chinese intellectual community in London that up to now has been largely overlooked. It portrays a dynamic picture of the London-based émigré life during the years that led up to the war and during the conflict that was the catalyst for many of them moving on. In addition, the book broadens our understanding of cultural interactions between China and the West in Hampstead, one of the most vibrant artistic communities in London.

Chinese --- Intellectual life --- History --- Chiang, Yee, --- London (England)