Iris Chang
Iris Chang Traditional Chinese 張純如 Simplified Chinese 张纯如 Transcriptions Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhāng Chúnrú Iris Shun-Ru Chang (March 28, 1968 – November 9, 2004) was an American historian and journalist. She is best known for her best-selling 1997 account of the Nanking Massacre, The Rape of Nanking. She committed suicide on November 9, 2004. Chang is the subject of the 2007 biography, Finding Iris Chang, and the 2007 documentary film Iris Chang: The Rape of Nanking.