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 (; born 8 April 1947) is a 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 movement. He won the Golden Lion at the Venic ...

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 U.S.-China Issues at the University of Oklahoma. The first major American award for Chinese literature, the Newman Prize, is awarded e ...

. Her father Chu Hsi-ning and younger sister Chu Tien-hsin are also famous writers.

Biography

Chu Tien-wen was born in

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. 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 University, 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 cofounded 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 ''Notes of a Desolate Man'' (Chinese: 荒人手記; pinyin: Huāng rén shǒujì), the first book-length novel by Taiwanese writer Chu T'ien-wen (朱天文), was published in 1994, and won first prize in the first '' China Times'' Million Dollar ...

'' (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 crime 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 his frien ...

Millennium Mambo ''Millennium Mambo'' () is a 2001 Taiwanese romantic drama film directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien. Plot The main character, Vicky, portrayed by actress Shu Qi, narrates from 2011 about her life 10 years earlier. She describes her youth and story of he ...

, City of Sadness 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

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