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Zhu Xiang

Zhu Xiang (朱湘, courtesy name Ziyuan, 1904–1933) was a Chinese formalist poet of the Crescent Moon Society, a pioneer translator of Western literature into Chinese, and Lu Xun's China's Keats.

Zhu Youdun

Zhu Youdun, also known by his studio name Chengzhai (诚斋), was a Ming dynasty imperial prince and playwright whose thirty-one surviving zaju plays mark a major step in the transformation of Ming drama.

Zhu Yu (朱昱) (artist)

Zhu Yu (朱昱), born 1970 in Chengdu, is a Chinese conceptual and performance artist known for Eating People (2000) and, since 2004, photorealistic paintings of leftovers, tea stains, and pebbles; works in Beijing.

Zhu Zumou

Zhu Zumou (朱祖謀, 1857–1931), also known as Zhu Xiaozang, was a Chinese ci poet of the late Qing dynasty and one of its four great ci poets.

Zhuanzhan Shaanbei

Zhuanzhan Shaanbei (转战陕北) was the 1947–1948 campaign in which Mao Zedong abandoned Yan'an and eluded Hu Zongnan's larger Nationalist army across northern Shaanxi for over a year.

Zhugongdiao

Zhugongdiao (諸宮調, "medley of modes") was a Chinese narrative sung-storytelling genre of the Song, Jin, and Yuan periods in which one performer alternated spoken passages with sung suites of tunes in different modes.

Zhuldyz

Zhuldyz (Жұлдыз, "Star") is the literary and socio-political journal of the Writers' Union of Kazakhstan, published monthly in Kazakh in Almaty; its first issue appeared in 1928.

Zhurnal dlya Vsekh

Zhurnal dlya Vsekh (Журнал для всех, "Journal for Everyone") was a monthly illustrated literary and popular-science magazine published in Saint Petersburg from 1895 to 1906.

Zhyrau

A zhyrau (жырау) is a Kazakh poet-sage of the oral tradition who composed tolgau, philosophical verse, and served as counselor and soothsayer to the khan, flourishing from the 15th to 18th centuries.

Zi (film)

Zi (stylized zi) is a 2026 experimental drama directed, written, and edited by Kogonada, starring Michelle Mao, Haley Lu Richardson, and Jin Ha. Set in Hong Kong, it follows a violinist haunted by visions of her future self; it premiered at Sundance on January 24, 2026, distinct from the 2023 Bollywood film of the same name.

Zi Bu Yu

Zi Bu Yu (子不语), also titled Xin Qixie, is a collection of supernatural tales compiled by the Qing dynasty poet Yuan Mei and published in 1788.

Zi Jin

Zi Jin, also known as Mulasaki Ima (紫今), is a Japanese singer-songwriter born in 2002 who made her major debut in 2024 with the anime ending theme Gakkyuu Nisshi.

Zi Yu (梓渝) (entertainer)

Zi Yu (梓渝), birth name Zheng Peng, born 2002 in Lianyungang, Jiangsu, is a Chinese actor and singer, ex-光合少年 idol, who left Huakaibanxia after a 2022 assault, and broke out in 2025 with Revenged Love (逆爱).

Ziam

Ziam (ปากกัด ตีนถีบ) is a 2025 Thai action-horror film directed by Kulp Kaljareuk, Netflix Thailand's first action-zombie film, released July 9, 2025, starring Prin Suparat as a Muay Thai fighter battling hospital zombies.

ZickZack

ZickZack was a Hamburg independent record label founded by music journalist Alfred Hilsberg around 1980, releasing Neue Deutsche Welle acts like Abwärts and Einstürzende Neubauten.

Zico (우지호) (rapper)

Zico (우지호; Woo Ji-ho, born 1992) is a South Korean rapper and producer, leader of Block B since its 2011 debut, founder of KOZ Entertainment under HYBE, and solo hitmaker behind "Any Song" and "SPOT!".

Zid (ज़िद) (2014 film)

Zid (ज़िद) is a 2014 Hindi erotic thriller credited to director Vivek Agnihotri and produced by Anubhav Sinha, adapted from the German film The Good Neighbour. It marked Mannara Chopra's Bollywood debut opposite Karanvir Sharma, flopped with ₹6.02 crore nett against a ₹10 crore budget, and Agnihotri publicly disowned it.

Ziddi (ज़िद्दी) (1997 film)

Ziddi (ज़िद्दी) is a 1997 Hindi-language action drama film directed by Guddu Dhanoa and produced by N.R. Pachisia, starring Sunny Deol and Raveena Tandon, released in India in April 1997.

Ziddi Ishq

Ziddi Ishq is a 2025 Hindi JioHotstar drama-thriller series, also known as a remake of Parineeta, created and directed by Raj Chakraborty, starring Aaditi Pohankar as Mehul investigating her teacher Shekhar Da's death.

Židinys

Židinys ("The Hearth") was a Lithuanian monthly journal of literature, science, and public life, published in Kaunas from 1924 to 1940 by the Catholic Ateitininkai movement.

Ziegfeld Follies

The Ziegfeld Follies was an annual Broadway revue produced by Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. from 1907 to 1931, famous for its glamorous showgirls and comedians such as Fanny Brice.

Ziegfeld Girl

Ziegfeld Girl is MGM's 1941 musical drama directed by Robert Z. Leonard, starring Judy Garland, Hedy Lamarr, Lana Turner, and James Stewart as three Follies showgirls whose lives change after joining Florenz Ziegfeld's revue.

ZiFM Stereo

ZiFM Stereo is a commercial radio station in Harare, Zimbabwe, launched in 2012 as the country's first privately owned commercial radio station, breaking the state broadcaster's monopoly.

Zig & Sharko

Zig & Sharko (Zig et Sharko) is a French non-dialogue slapstick animated series by Xilam, created by Olivier Jean-Marie, premiering on Canal+ December 21, 2010: hyena Zig schemes to eat mermaid Marina, foiled by Sharko the shark.

Zig-Zag

Zig-Zag was a Chilean weekly illustrated magazine published in Santiago from 1905 to 1964, the first miscellany magazine in Hispanic America and the founding title of Editorial Zig-Zag.

Zigeunerweisen (ツィゴイネルワイゼン)

Zigeunerweisen (ツィゴイネルワイゼン) is a 1980 Japanese film directed by Seijun Suzuki, adapted from Uchida Hyakken. It is a "Romantic Trilogy" film that won the 4th Japan Academy Best Picture.

Ziggy Heath

Ziggy Heath (Zygmunt Lawrence Giedroyc Heath, b. 1991) is a British actor, LAMDA graduate, known for Peggy Bettinson in A Thousand Blows, One Life, How to Build a Girl, Harlots, and RSC stage roles; married to Jessica Brown Findlay.

Ziggy Marley

Ziggy Marley, born David Nesta Marley in 1968 in Kingston, Jamaica, is a Jamaican reggae singer and guitarist, the eldest son of Bob Marley, with a record eight Best Reggae Album Grammys.

Ziggy Sobotka

Chester Karol "Ziggy" Sobotka is a fictional character in The Wire season 2 (2003), played by James Ransone; Frank Sobotka's son, a port cargo checker drawn into drug dealing and car theft, who kills Glekas and is imprisoned.

Ziggy Stardust (character)

Ziggy Stardust, David Bowie's androgynous alien rock-star alter ego from the 1972 album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, debuted 1972, retired at Hammersmith Odeon in 1973.