Post by yenchin on Jul 17, 2023 3:53:48 GMT
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Taipei, July 15 (CNA) Taiwan Wuxia novelist Chin Hung (秦紅) passed away in June this year at the age of 86, his son disclosed on the writer's Facebook page Saturday.
Chin passed away on June 20, and a memorial service was held for him on Friday, his son said in the post.
Born on Aug. 7, 1936 and named Huang Chen-fang (黃振芳), he died one month short of his 87th birthday.
He was a prolific writer who adopted Chin Hung as his pen name, which in Taiwanese-Hoklo dialect sounds like "being very famous."
In the 24-year period between 1962 and 1986, Chin wrote 52 novels and 20 light novel and short story collections, gaining a reputation as a master of the Chinese fiction genre known as Wuxia, which features martial artists carrying out superhuman feats in ancient China.
His books were popular in Chinese speaking nations such as Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia, and his novel "Thirteen Cold-Blooded Eagles (冷血十三鷹)" was adapted for film by the famous Shaw Brothers Studio in 1978.
The popularity of the story spurred a remake of the movie in 1993, with Taiwanese action star Cynthia Khan (楊麗菁) in a lead role.
Chin's stories propelled him into the ranks of other great Wuxia writers like Hong Kong's Jin Yong (金庸) and Taiwan's Gu Long (古龍).
What set Chin apart from most Wuxia writers, however, was his background, as he grew up speaking the Hoklo dialect during the period of Japanese colonization in Taiwan, and he entered a market dominated by writers with mainland China heritage.
In Chin's own words, he was practically illiterate as a child and taught himself to read Chinese by browsing though a dictionary.
When he started writing Wuxia stories, he took a different path from most other writers of that genre, producing satisfying endings and humorous dialogue, which some readers saw as reflection of his own personality.
(By Chiu Tsu-yin and James Lo)
Chin passed away on June 20, and a memorial service was held for him on Friday, his son said in the post.
Born on Aug. 7, 1936 and named Huang Chen-fang (黃振芳), he died one month short of his 87th birthday.
He was a prolific writer who adopted Chin Hung as his pen name, which in Taiwanese-Hoklo dialect sounds like "being very famous."
In the 24-year period between 1962 and 1986, Chin wrote 52 novels and 20 light novel and short story collections, gaining a reputation as a master of the Chinese fiction genre known as Wuxia, which features martial artists carrying out superhuman feats in ancient China.
His books were popular in Chinese speaking nations such as Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia, and his novel "Thirteen Cold-Blooded Eagles (冷血十三鷹)" was adapted for film by the famous Shaw Brothers Studio in 1978.
The popularity of the story spurred a remake of the movie in 1993, with Taiwanese action star Cynthia Khan (楊麗菁) in a lead role.
Chin's stories propelled him into the ranks of other great Wuxia writers like Hong Kong's Jin Yong (金庸) and Taiwan's Gu Long (古龍).
What set Chin apart from most Wuxia writers, however, was his background, as he grew up speaking the Hoklo dialect during the period of Japanese colonization in Taiwan, and he entered a market dominated by writers with mainland China heritage.
In Chin's own words, he was practically illiterate as a child and taught himself to read Chinese by browsing though a dictionary.
When he started writing Wuxia stories, he took a different path from most other writers of that genre, producing satisfying endings and humorous dialogue, which some readers saw as reflection of his own personality.
(By Chiu Tsu-yin and James Lo)