Chin Shunshin
Chin Shunshin or Chen Shunchen (陳 舜臣) (18 February 1924 – 21 January 2015)[1] was a Taiwanese-Japanese novelist, translator and cultural critic. He is best known for his historical fictions and mystery novels, including First Opium War, Chinese History, Ryukyu Wind.[2] He won numerous literary awards, including the Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for Literature and the Naoki Prize.
Chen Soon Shin | |
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Born | Kobe, Japan | 18 February 1924
Died | 21 January 2015 90) Kobe, Japan | (aged
Occupation | writer, critic |
Genre | novels, cultural critics |
Notable awards |
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Major works
- Roots of Dried Grass (枯草の根)
- House Three Colors - Showa Treasure Mysteries (三色の家), Fusosha
- The Sapphire Lion Incense Burner (青玉獅子香炉)
- Chinese History (中国の歴史)
- Ryukyu Wind (琉球の風)
- Genghis Khan's Family (チンギス・ハーンの一族)
- The Taiping Rebellion. Translated by Joshua A. Fogel. orig. Taihei Tengoku. Armonk, N.Y.: M.E. Sharpe. 2001. ISBN 0765601001.CS1 maint: others (link)
Awards
- The 23rd Mystery Writers of Japan Award
- The 7th Edogawa Rampo Prize in 1961 for 枯草の根
- The 60th Naoki Prize (1968下) for The Sapphire Lion Incense Burner[3]
- The 26th Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for Literature (1992) for Shokatsu Kōmei (諸葛孔明)[4]
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gollark: To ensure our ancestors' traditions are respected, we will randomly dig them up and drag them to voting booths.
gollark: - If a foreign country's relations with our own are poor, it should be removed from all maps and not acknowledged by government policy.
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See also
- Ryōtarō Shiba
- Japanese literature
- List of Japanese authors
References
- "'小説家の陳舜臣さん 死去'". 21 January 2015. Archived from the original on 21 January 2015. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-07-15. Retrieved 2008-08-23.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- "直木賞受賞者一覧" [Naoki Prize Winners List] (in Japanese). 日本文学振興会. Retrieved September 13, 2018.
- "吉川英治文学賞過去受賞作" [Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for Literature Past Winners] (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved September 13, 2018.
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