deaths
December 29, 2013
C. T. Hsia, Chinese-American critic and scholar (born 1921)
C. T. Hsia
Hsia Chih-tsing, or C. T. Hsia, was a Chinese historian and literary theorist. He contributed to the introduction of modern Chinese literature to the Western world by promoting the works of once marginalized writers in the 1960s. Today, C. T. Hsia is considered one of the most important critics of Chinese literature.
December 29
December 29 is the 363rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; two days remain until the end of the year.