Chu Tien-wen

Chu Tien-wen

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 writers.^[1] She is the daughter of Chu Hsi-ning and the older sister of Chu Tien-hsin. Some of her literary works include "Fin-de-Siècle Splendour" (1990) and Notes of a Desolate Man 荒人手記 (1994). 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, Millenium Mambo, City of Sadness 悲情城市 (1989) and many more.

Bibliography

1999 (Translation) Notes of a Desolate Man

See also

• Chu Tien-hsin

External links

• Chu Tien-wen at the Internet Movie Database

References

1. ^ Zhang Lei (9 August 2009). "Chu Tien-wen's Witches' Language: On the wings of words". Global Times. http://life.globaltimes.cn/top-photo/2009-08/455672.html. Retrieved 27 December 2010. 

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