Poster of the film Iris Chang -- The Rape of Nanking [Photo: ent.sina.com.cn]

A documentary about the late Chinese-American author Iris Chang Chunru is scheduled to premiere on Monday in Toronto, Canada.

The 10-million-yuan film Iris Chang -- The Rape of Nanking chronicles Chang's 36-year life story.

Chang was born in Princeton, New Jersey, on March 28, 1968. She was a journalist and copywriter for top US newspapers before she became an author.

She is well-known for her book The Rape of Nanking, a history about the 1937 Nanjing Massacre during the Japanese invasion of China. The book was published in 1997.

Chang committed suicide on November 9, 2004.

(CRI November 11, 2007)