Chu Tien-wen

Chu Tien-wen
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Born	(1956-08-24) August 24, 1956 Taipei, Taiwan
Parents	Chu Hsi-ning (1927-1998) Liu Mu-sha (1935-)
Influences	Hu Lancheng
Awards Golden Horse Awards Best Original Screenplay 1985 A Time To Live , A Time To Die Best Adapted Screenplay 1983 Growing Up 1995 Good Men，Good Women

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Chu.

Chu Tien-wen (Chinese: 朱天文; pinyin: Zhū Tiānwén; born August 24, 1956 in Taipei, Taiwan) is one of Taiwan's most prominent novelists and playwright. She 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. Some of her notable novels include Fin-de-Siècle Splendour (世紀末的華麗, 1990), Notes of a Desolate Man (荒人手記, 1994), and 巫言 (2008). She wrote many of the scripts for the famous Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-hsien. Her screenwriting credits include movies like Taipei Story, The Puppetmaster, Goodbye South, Goodbye, Millennium Mambo, City of Sadness 悲情城市 (1989) and many more. Chu was named the winner of the 2015 Newman Prize for Chinese Literature for Fin-de-Siecle Splendor, making her the first female writer to win the award.

External links

• Chu Tien-wen at the Internet Movie Database