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 Hou Hsiao-hsien ( zh, t=侯孝賢, poj=Hâu Hàu-hiân; born 8 April 1947) is a retired Mainland Chinese-born Taiwanese film director, screenwriter, producer and actor. He is a leading figure in world cinema and in Taiwan's New Wave cinema mo ...

films. She is the recipient of the 2015

Newman Prize for Chinese Literature The Newman Prize for Chinese Literature was established in 2008 by Peter Gries, director of the Institute for US-China Issues at the University of Oklahoma (OU). The Newman Prize is awarded every two years. The winner is selected based on litera ...

. Her father Chu Hsi-ning and younger sister

Chu Tien-hsin Chu or CHU may refer to: Chinese history * Chu (state) (c. 1030 BC–223 BC), a state during the Zhou dynasty * Western Chu (206 BC–202 BC), a state founded and ruled by Xiang Yu * Chu Kingdom (Han dynasty) (201 BC–70 AD), a kingdom of the H ...

are also famous writers.

Biography

Chu Tien-wen was born in

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. She was born to one of the most prestigious literary family in contemporary Taiwan. She is the daughter of Chu Hsi-ning and the older sister of

. Her teacher was

Hu Lancheng Hu Lancheng (; Feb 28, 1906 – July 25, 1981) was a Chinese writer and politician who was denounced as a traitor for serving a propaganda official in the Wang Jingwei regime, the Japanese puppet regime during the Second Sino-Japanese War. He was ...

, and she was also greatly influenced by

Eileen Chang Eileen Chang ( zh, t=張愛玲, s=张爱玲, first=t, w=Chang1 Ai4-ling2, p=Zhāng Àilíng；September 30, 1920 – September 8, 1995), also known as Chang Ai-ling or Zhang Ailing, or by her pen name Liang Jing (梁京), was a Chinese-born Am ...

. 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. While attending

Tamkang University Tamkang University (TKU; ) is a private university in Tamsui District, New Taipei City, Taiwan. It was founded in 1950 as a junior college of English. Today it is a comprehensive university with 11 colleges that serves nearly 25,000 students ...

, Chu served as the chief editor of The Threes journal (Sansan jikan 三三集刊), The Threes magazine (Sansan zazhi 三三雜誌), and co-founded The Threes Bookstore Publisher (Sansan shufang 三三書坊) with her sister and friends. In 1985, she wrote the screenplay "''The Time to Live and the Time to Die''" and won the best original screenplay award in the 22nd Taiwan Golden Horse Award. Some of her notable novels are '' Fin-de-Siècle Splendour'' (世紀末的華麗, 1990), '' Notes of a Desolate Man'' (荒人手記, 1994), and ''Witch's Brew'' (''巫言,'' 2008). She wrote many of the scripts for the famous Taiwanese director

. Her screenwriting credits include movies like '' Taipei Story, The Puppetmaster,

Goodbye South, Goodbye ''Goodbye South, Goodbye'' is a 1996 Taiwanese drama film directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien. The film had its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival on 12 May 1996. Plot Gao ( Jack Kao) rides the train to Pinghsi to set up a 10-day gambling den with hi ...

Millennium Mambo ''Millennium Mambo'' () is a 2001 Taiwanese romantic drama film directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien. The film was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival, where Tu Duu-chih won Technical Grand Prize. Plot The main char ...

City of Sadness ''A City of Sadness'' () is a 1989 Taiwanese historical drama directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien. It tells the story of a family embroiled in the "White Terror" that was wrought on the Taiwanese people by the Kuomintang government (KMT) after their ar ...

悲情城市 (1989),'' and many more. Chu was named the winner of the 2015

for ''Fin-de-Siècle Splendour'', making her the first female writer to win the award. When Chu came to the University of Oklahoma to receive the Newman Prize in early March 2015, she participated in the Chinese Cinema Salon funded by the Presidential Dream Course on Chinese Cinema. Chu has been awarded Best Screenplay at the international Venice Film Festival and the Tokyo International Film Festival.

Works translated to English

Filmography

Films

TV series (incomplete)

*1982 ''Guarding Sunlight, Guarding You'' (守著陽光守著你)? *1989 ''Sweet Baby'' (甜蜜寶貝)

Film awards

References

External links

* * 1956 births Living people Writers from Taipei Taiwanese women novelists Taiwanese screenwriters Tamkang University alumni Taiwanese women short story writers {{Taiwan-writer-stub