Chu T’ien-wen

Chu T’ien-wen
Born (1956-08-24) August 24, 1956
Taipei, Taiwan
Language Chinese
Alma mater Tamkang University
Relatives
Chinese name
Chinese 朱天文

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.

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.[1] 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.[2]

Works translated to English

YearChinese titleTranslated English titleTranslator(s)
1986炎夏之都"The Long Hot Summer"[3]Ellen Lai-shan Yeung
"A City of Hot Summer"[4]Michelle Yeh
1988柴師父"Master Chai"[5]
1989肉身菩薩"Boddhisattva Incarnate"[6]Fran Martin
1990世紀末的華麗"Fin de Siècle Splendour"[7]Eva Hung
1994荒人手記Notes of a Desolate Man[8]Howard Goldblatt, Sylvia Li-chun Lin
2006巫言"Witch's Brew"[9]
2015我們有義務成為另一些人"We All Change into Somebody Else"[10]Ping Zhu

Filmography

Films

Year English title Chinese title Director Notes
1983Growing Up小畢的故事Chen Kunhouco-wrote with Hou Hsiao-hsien, Ding Yah-ming and Hsu Shu-chen
The Boys from Fengkuei風櫃來的人Hou Hsiao-hsien
1984A Summer at Grandpa's冬冬的假期
Out of the Blue小爸爸的天空Chen Kunhouco-wrote with Wu Nien-jen
1985My Favorite Season最想念的季節co-wrote with Hou Hsiao-hsien, Ding Yah-ming and Hsu Shu-chen
The Matrimony結婚co-wrote with Ding Yah-ming and Hsu Shu-chen
Taipei Story青梅竹馬Edward Yangco-wrote with Hou Hsiao-hsien
The Time to Live and the Time to Die童年往事Hou Hsiao-hsien
1986Dust in the Wind戀戀風塵co-wrote with Wu Nien-jen
Drifters流浪少年路Chen Kunhouco-wrote with Ding Yah-ming and Hsu Shu-chen
1987Daughter of the Nile尼羅河女兒Hou Hsiao-hsien
1989A City of Sadness悲情城市co-wrote with Wu Nien-jen
1993The Puppetmaster戲夢人生co-wrote with Wu Nien-jen
1995Good Men, Good Women好男好女
1996Goodbye South, Goodbye南國再見，南國co-wrote with Jack Kao and Lim Giong
1998Flowers of Shanghai海上花based on The Sing-song Girls of Shanghai
2001Millennium Mambo千禧曼波
2003Café Lumière咖啡時光
2005Three Times最好的時光
2015The Assassin刺客聶隱娘historical film, co-wrote with niece Hsieh Hai-meng and Ah Cheng

TV series (incomplete)

  • 1982 Guarding Sunlight, Guarding You (守著陽光守著你)?
  • 1989 Sweet Baby (甜蜜寶貝)

Film awards

Year # Award Category Film Result
1983 20th Golden Horse Awards Best Adapted Screenplay Growing Up Won
1984 21st A Summer at Grandpa's Nominated
1985 22nd Best Original Screenplay The Time to Live and the Time to Die Won
1989 26th A City of Sadness Nominated
1995 32nd Best Adapted Screenplay Good Men, Good Women Won
2005 42nd Best Original Screenplay Three Times Nominated
2015 52nd Best Adapted Screenplay The Assassin Nominated
2016 13th International Cinephile Society Awards Best Adapted Screenplay Nominated

References

  1. ↑ Zhang Lei (9 August 2009). "Chu T'ien-wen's Witches' Language: On the wings of words". Global Times. Archived from the original on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 27 December 2010.
  2. ↑ http://www.ou.edu/uschina/newman/Chu.html
  3. ↑ Renditions, 1991.
  4. ↑ The Chinese PEN, Summer 1988.
  5. ↑ Running Wild: New Chinese Writers. Columbia University Press. 1994.
  6. ↑ Angelwings: Contemporary Queer Fiction from Taiwan. University of Hawaiʻi Press. 2003. ISBN 978-0-8248-2652-9.
  7. ↑ The Columbia Anthology of Modern Chinese Literature. Columbia University Press. 1995. ISBN 0-231-08002-6.
  8. ↑ Notes of a Desolate Man. Columbia University Press. 1999. ISBN 978-0-231-11608-4.
  9. ↑ Asymptote, January 2012.
  10. ↑ Chinese Literature Today, 2016.


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