Xia Ai

Biography

Xia Ai (Chinese: 艾霞; 29 November 1912 – 15 February 1934) was a Chinese left-wing silent film actress and screenwriter. She was born as Yan Yinan to a large middle-class family. She started her career as a stage actor with the South China Theater Society, before joining the Leftists Dramatists League. She wrote a book called Xiandai yi Nüxing (A Woman of Today) in 1933. The book was adapted as a film in the same year. Despite the intrigue around the story, the film was not well received by criti…