Chu Tʽien-wen

Chu Tʻien-wen (Chinese: 朱天文; 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.

In this Chinese name, the family name is Chu.
Chu Tʽien-wen
Chu at the 2008 Taipei International Book Exhibition
Chu at the 2008 Taipei International Book Exhibition
Born (1956-08-24) 24 August 1956
Taipei, Taiwan
LanguageChinese
Alma materTamkang University
Relatives
Chinese name
Chinese朱天文

Her father Chu Hsi-ning and younger sister Chu Tʻien-hsin are also famous writers.

Biography

Chu Tʻien-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 Tʻien-hsin. Her teacher was Hu Lancheng, and she was also greatly influenced by Eileen Chang.[1] Chu weaves an eclectic tapestry of culture through the personal history and musings of her mentor.[2] Chu published her first novel in 1972.[3] In 1983, Chu adapted the award-winning novel "Growing Up" into a screenplay for the screen. Besides winning the Best Adapted Screenplay Award of the 20th Golden Horse Award,[4] Chu also co-produced the soundtrack.

During the period of Tamkang University, Chu served as the chief editor of The Threes journal (Sansan jikan 三三集刊), The Threes magazine (Sansan zazhi 三三雜誌), and cofounded The Threes Bookstore Publisher (Sansan shufang 三三書坊) with her sister and friends.[5][6] In 1985, she wrote the screenplay "The Time to Live and the Time to Die" and won the best original screenplay award in the 22nd Taiwan Golden Horse Award.[7] 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 Witch's Brew (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.[8] When Chu came to the University of Oklahoma to receive the Newman Prize in early March 2015, she participated in the Chinese Cinema Salon funded by the Presidential Dream Course on Chinese Cinema.[9] Chu has been awarded Best Screenplay at the international Venice Film Festival and the Tokyo International Film Festival.[10]

Works translated to English
YearChinese titleTranslated English titleTranslator(s)
1986炎夏之都"The Long Hot Summer"[11]Ellen Lai-shan Yeung
"A City of Hot Summer"[12]Michelle Yeh
1988柴師父"Master Chai"[13]
1989肉身菩薩"Boddhisattva Incarnate"[14]Fran Martin
1990世紀末的華麗"Fin de Siècle Splendour"[15]Eva Hung
1994荒人手記Notes of a Desolate Man[16]Howard Goldblatt, Sylvia Li-chun Lin
2006巫言"Witch's Brew"[17]
2015我們有義務成為另一些人"We All Change into Somebody Else"[18]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
2020Unfulfilled Dreams願未央Chu T'ien-wenDocumentary

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. 陈, 秀雯 (2011). "论朱天文作品中的成长叙事" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-07-13. Retrieved 2021-12-07.拉曼大学中文系.
  2. T'ien-wen, Chu; Zhu, Ping (2016-09-01). "On Myths and Riddles". Chinese Literature Today. 5 (2): 63–69. doi:10.1080/21514399.2016.11834097. ISSN 2151-4399. S2CID 165984959.
  3. "朱天文: 我们一路都在扔读者--访谈--中国作家网". www.chinawriter.com.cn. Retrieved 2021-12-07.
  4. "台北金馬影展 Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival". www.goldenhorse.org.tw (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 2022-10-20.
  5. 王, 艺 (2011). 朱天文文学道路探析. 兰州大学文学院: 文教资料. p. 19-20.
  6. "Chu T'ien-wen: Winner of the 2015 Newman Prize for Chinese Literature". Archived from the original on 2021-12-07. Retrieved 2021-12-07.clt.oucreate.com.
  7. "台北金馬影展 Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival". www.goldenhorse.org.tw (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 2022-10-20.
  8. "Chu T'ien-Wen Wins 2015 Newman Prize for Chinese Literature". Archived from the original on 2016-05-02. Retrieved 2014-09-19.
  9. T'ien-wen, Chu; Zhu, Ping (September 2016). "We All Change into Somebody Else: In Acceptance of the 2015 Newman Prize for Chinese Literature". Chinese Literature Today. 5 (2): 42–43. doi:10.1080/21514399.2016.11834093. ISSN 2151-4399. S2CID 149338993.
  10. Berry, Michael (September 2016). "Three Times: Chu T'ien-wen on Writing, Screenwriting, and New Taiwan Cinema". Chinese Literature Today. 5 (2): 46–57. doi:10.1080/21514399.2016.11834095. ISSN 2151-4399. S2CID 194775878.
  11. Renditions, 1991.
  12. The Chinese PEN, Summer 1988.
  13. Running Wild: New Chinese Writers. Columbia University Press. 1994.
  14. Angelwings: Contemporary Queer Fiction from Taiwan. University of Hawaiʻi Press. 2003. ISBN 978-0-8248-2652-9.
  15. The Columbia Anthology of Modern Chinese Literature. Columbia University Press. 1995. ISBN 0-231-08002-6.
  16. Notes of a Desolate Man. Columbia University Press. 1999. ISBN 978-0-231-11608-4.
  17. Asymptote, January 2012.
  18. Chinese Literature Today, 2016.


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