Chiang Yee
1903
—
1977
Chinese author, painter, illustrator, calligrapher, poet (1903-1977)
Chiang Yee, self-styled as "The Silent Traveller" (哑行者), was a Chinese poet, author, painter and calligrapher. The success of The Silent Traveller: A Chinese Artist in Lakeland (1937) was followed by a series of books in the same vein, all of which he illustrated himself. He was a nominee for the 1973 Nobel Prize in Literature.