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Chu Tʽien-wen
Chu Tien-wen (; born 24 August 1956) is a Taiwanese fiction writer. Chu is perhaps best known for writing the screenplays for most Hou Hsiao-hsien films. She is the recipient of the 2015 Newman Prize for Chinese Literature. Her father Chu Hsi-ning and younger sister Chu Tien-hsin are also famous writers. Biography Chu Tien-wen was born in Taipei, Taiwan. She was born to probably the most prestigious literary family in contemporary Taiwan. She is the daughter of Chu Hsi-ning and the older sister of Chu Tien-hsin. Her teacher was Hu Lancheng, and she was also greatly influenced by Eileen Chang. Chu weaves an eclectic tapestry of culture through the personal history and musings of her mentor. Chu published her first novel in 1972. In 1983, Chu adapted the award-winning novel "Growing Up" into a screenplay for the screen. Besides winning the Best Adapted Screenplay Award of the 20th Golden Horse Award, Chu also co-produced the soundtrack. During the period of Tamkang Universit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zhu (surname)
Zhu is the pinyin romanization of five Chinese surnames: 朱, 祝, 竺, 猪 and 諸. The most prominent of the five, Zhu ( 朱), is the 17th name in the '' Hundred Family Surnames'' poem and was the surname of the Ming dynasty emperors. It is alternatively spelled Chu (primarily in Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan), Gee in the United States & Canada, and Choo (mostly in Singapore and Malaysia). As of 2018, it is the 14th most common surname in the People's Republic of China, with a population of around 18 million.中国最新300大姓排名（2008 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Taipei Chinese PEN
''The Taipei Chinese PEN: A Quarterly Journal of Contemporary Chinese Literature from Taiwan'' (當代台灣文學英譯 or 當代台灣文學選譯), known as ''The Chinese PEN'' before 2007, is a quarterly English-language literary magazine on contemporary Taiwanese literature. The journal was founded by Nancy Ing in 1972, and published by the Taipei Chinese P.E.N. Center (Chinese P.E.N. Center from 1924 to 1975), one of the PEN International centers. The magazine is supported by Taiwan's Ministry of Culture, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the National Museum of Taiwan Literature The National Museum of Taiwan Literature (NMTL; ) is a museum located in Tainan, Republic of China (Taiwan). The museum researches, catalogs, preserves, and exhibits literary artifacts. As part of its multilingual, multi-ethnic focus, it holds ..., and Hao Ran Foundation. In addition, subscription fees (largely from PEN International members and western universities) cover the magazine's productio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Time To Live And The Time To Die
''The Time to Live and the Time to Die'', also known as ''A Time to Live, A Time to Die'' is a 1985 Taiwanese film directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien. This film is inspired by screenwriter-turned-director Hou's own coming-of-age story. This film is the second part of Hou's coming-of-age trilogy, preceded by ''A Summer at Grandpa's'' (1984) and followed by ''Dust in the Wind'' (1986). Plot Spanning the years 1947–65, the film follows the maturation of Ah-ha (Ah-hsiao) as he and his family (parents, grandmother, older sister, three brothers) cope with the shock of leaving their homeland (the grandmother keeps talking about returning to the mainland to visit the ancestors). Having been only a child during the move, Ah-ha quickly acclimatizes himself to the new country, often putting him at odds with his more traditional family; he joins a street gang and has to choose between that life and taking the college entrance exam. Cast * Chang Chia-bao * Chang Neng * Chen Chih-chen * Chen Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Yang
Edward Yang (; November 6, 1947 – June 29, 2007) was a Taiwanese filmmaker. Yang, along with fellow auteurs Hou Hsiao-hsien and Tsai Ming-liang, was one of the leading film-makers of the Taiwanese New Wave and Taiwanese cinema. He won the Best Director Award at Cannes for his 2000 film ''Yi Yi''. Youth and early career Yang was born in Shanghai in 1947, and grew up in Taipei, Taiwan. After studying Electrical Engineering in National Chiao Tung University (located in Hsinchu, Taiwan), where he received his bachelor's degree ( BSEE), he enrolled in the graduate program at the University of Florida, where he received his master's degree in electrical engineering in 1974.''International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers''. Eds. Sara Pendergast and Tom Pendergast. Vol. 2: Directors. 4th ed. Detroit: St. James Press, 2001. p1092-1094. 4 vols. "Edward Yang" accessed through Thomson Gale's Biography Research Centre 1 July 2007 During this time and briefly afterwards, Yang work ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wu Nien-jen
Wu Nien-jen (; born ; 5 August 1952) is a Taiwanese screenwriter, director, and writer. He is one of the most prolific and highly regarded scriptwriters in Taiwan and a leading member of the New Taiwanese Cinema, although he has also acted in a number of films. He starred in Edward Yang's 2000 film ''Yi Yi''. Wu is a well-known supporter of the Democratic Progressive Party and has filmed commercials for the party. Early and personal life Wu was born into a coal miner's family in 1952 and raised in the mining town of Jiufen. He went into the army after high school, and after being discharged in 1976, went to work at a library while pursuing a degree in accounting at the Fu Jen Catholic University night school. He started writing short stories for newspapers in 1975, when he was still an accounting major. After penning his first screenplay in 1978, Wu entered Central Motion Picture Corporation as a creative supervisor and worked with several leading Taiwanese New Wave directors su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Summer At Grandpa's
''A Summer at Grandpa's'' () is a 1984 Taiwanese coming-of-age family drama directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien and co-written with Hou by Chu Tʽien-wen. The film tells the semi-autobiographical exploits of a young brother and sister who spend a pivotal summer in the country with their grandparents while their mother is in critical care in the hospital. The film was Hou's sixth overall, and first after his international breakthrough ''The Boys from Fengkuei'' (1983). ''A Summer at Grandpa's'' was well received by critics in Taiwan and on the American and European festival circuits, winning the Jury Prize at the Locarno Film Festival in 1985 and the Golden Montgolfier at the 1985 Nantes Three Continents Film Festival. Plot A young boy, Dong-Dong and his sister spend a summer vacation at their grandparents' house in the country while their mother recuperates from an illness; they while away the hours climbing trees, swimming in a stream, searching for missing cattle, and coming uneasily ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Boys From Fengkuei
''The Boys from Fengkuei'' (also known as ''All the Youthful Days'') () is a 1983 film directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien. Synopsis Ah-ching ( Doze Niu) and his friends have just finished school in their island fishing village, Fengkuei, and now spend most of their time drinking and fighting. Ah-ching, together with Ah-rong ( Chang Shih) and Kuo-tzu (Chao Peng-chue) decide to go to the port city of Kaohsiung to look for work. They find an apartment through relatives, and Ah-ching is attracted to Hsiao-hsing (Hsiu-ling Lin) the girlfriend of Huang Chin-ho (Tou Chung-hua), a neighbor. There they face the harsh realities of the big city and of growing up. Awards The film won the Golden Montgolfiere The Festival des 3 Continents is an annual film festival held since 1979 in Nantes, France, and is devoted to the cinemas of Asia, and Africa and Latin America. It was founded by Philippe and Alain Jalladeau. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chen Kunhou
Chen Kun-hou (born 25 July 1939 in Taichū, Japanese Formosa) is a Taiwanese film director and cinematographer. He is known for his film '' Growing Up'' (1983), one of the films that initiated the Taiwan New Cinema movement. Chen was also the cinematographer for several of fellow director Hou Hsiao-hsien's earlier films. Selected filmography * '' My Favorite Season'' (1985) * '' Osmanthus Alley'' (1987) * ''My Mother's Teahouse'' (1988) *''The Triangle Land ''The Triangle Land'' () is a 2012 Chinese romantic comedy film directed by Chen Kunhou and written by Chen Ching-Hui and Cao Wenxuan. The film stars Yang Chengcheng, Hsieh Dong-Yu, Zhu Zhi-Ying, Honduras, Cindy Mong, Chiu Yen-Hsiang, and Ken Lin ...'' (2012) References External links * 1939 births Living people Taiwanese film directors Taiwanese cinematographers {{Taiwan-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Growing Up (1983 Film)
''Growing Up'' () is a 1983 film by Taiwanese filmmaker Chen Kunhou. The screenplay was the first collaboration between Hou Hsiao-hsien and Chu T’ien-wen. The film made the young star, Doze Niu, "a pop icon and tagged him with a rebellious image." ''Growing Up'' was the film that "first attracted broad critical and popular attention to the movement" known as New Taiwan Cinema. It "established some of the movement's key stylistic approaches and narrative concerns, with its subdued manner in relating the story of an adolescent boy grappling with everyday pangs amid Taiwan's fraught provincial context." The film was selected as the Taiwanese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 56th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences See also * List of submissions to the 56th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film * List of Taiwanese submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asymptote (journal)
''Asymptote'' is a Taiwan-based online literary magazine dedicated to translations of world literature, including poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and drama, mostly to English, but also to other languages. Reviews, interviews, blogs, visual arts and audiovisual materials are also found on the website; issues are released four times a year. As of July, 2018, ''Asymptote'' had published work translated from 100 language by writers from 117 different countries. Writers such as Mary Gaitskill, Jose Saramago, J.M. Coetzee, Junot Diaz, Yann Martel, and Mo Yan have appeared in the magazine. The magazine was established in 2011 by the Taipei-based Singaporean writer Lee Yew Leong, who is the editor-in-chief. Lee said in 2011, "We operate differently from other translation journals in that we don't just sit back and wait for translations to come to us. We actually identify the good work from writers hat haven't yet been introduced to the English-speaking worldand actively seek out translator ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sylvia Li-chun Lin
Sylvia may refer to: People *Sylvia (given name) *Sylvia (singer), American country music and country pop singer and songwriter *Sylvia Robinson, American singer, record producer, and record label executive *Sylvia Vrethammar, Swedish singer credited as "Sylvia" in Australia and the UK * Tim Sylvia, American mixed martial arts fighter * Colin Sylvia, Australian football player Places *Mount Sylvia, a former name of Xueshan on Taiwan Island * Mount Sylvia, Queensland, Australia *Sylvia, Kansas, a town in Kansas, United States *Sylvia's Restaurant of Harlem, New York City, New York, United States Art, entertainment, and media Comics * ''Sylvia'' (comic strip), a long-running comic strip by cartoonist Nicole Hollander Films * ''Sylvia'' (1961 film), an Australian television play * ''Sylvia'' (1965 film), an American drama film * ''Sylvia'' (1985 film), a New Zealand film about New Zealand educator Sylvia Ashton-Warner, * ''Sylvia'' (2003 film), a British biographical drama film abou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Howard Goldblatt
Howard Goldblatt (, born 1939) is a literary translator of numerous works of contemporary Chinese (mainland China & Taiwan) fiction, including '' The Taste of Apples'' by Huang Chunming and '' The Execution of Mayor Yin'' by Chen Ruoxi. Goldblatt also translated works of Chinese novelist and 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature winner Mo Yan, including six of Mo Yan's novels and collections of stories. He was a Research Professor of Chinese at the University of Notre Dame from 2002 to 2011. Biography Goldblatt encountered Chinese for the first time as a young man, during his tour of duty with the US Navy, sent to military base in Taiwan at the beginning of the 1960s. He stayed there and studied at the Mandarin Center for two more years before returning to the US. He then enrolled at the Chinese language program of the San Francisco State University. Goldblatt received a B.A. from Long Beach State College, an M.A. from San Francisco State University in 1971, and a Ph.D. from Indiana U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |