Influences Hu Lancheng Books Notes of a desolate man Name Chu Tien-wen Parents Liu Musha, Chu Hsi-ning | Role Novelist Influenced by Hu Lancheng | |
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Born August 24, 1956 (age 67)
Taipei, Taiwan ( 1956-08-24 ) Movies The Assassin, A City of Sadness, Three Times, Dust in the Wind, The Time to Live and the Time t Similar People Hou Hsiao‑Hsien, Wu Nien‑jen, Mei Fang, Zhu Tianxin, Jack Kao | ||
Siblings Chu Tien-yi, Zhu Tianxin | ||
Chu T’ien-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.
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Her father Chu Hsi-ning and younger sister Chu T’ien-hsin are also famous writers.
Biography
Chu T’ien-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 T’ien-hsin. 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 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-Siècle Splendour, making her the first female writer to win the award.