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'''Chung Chao-cheng''' ({{zh|c=鍾肇政}}; 20 January 1925 – 16 May 2020) was a Taiwanese ] writer. '''Chung Chao-cheng''' ({{zh|c=鍾肇政}}; 20 January 1925 – 16 May 2020) was a Taiwanese ] writer.


Chung was born on 20 January 1925, in ]. Under ], the subdivision was classified as a village by the name of Ryūtan, itself a part of Daikei, in ]. His father was a schoolteacher and principal.<ref name="teldap">{{cite news |title=The River Runs Wide: The Literary Carreer of Chung Chao-cheng |url=http://culture.teldap.tw/culture/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&catid=156:lives-and-cultures&id=533:the-river-runs-wide-the-literary-carreer-of-chung-chao-cheng |accessdate=16 May 2020 |publisher=Taiwan e-Learning and Digital Archives Program}}</ref> Chung was sixth of ten siblings, and the only son.<ref name="hac"/> He enrolled successively at the Tamkang Middle School and then the Changhua Normal School, and later studied at ], but did not complete a degree in from the Department of Chinese Language and Literature, due to a bout with malaria.<ref name="teldap"/> Chung taught at Longtan Elementary School until 1979.<ref name="ltn"/><ref name="moc">{{cite news |title=Writer {{!}} Chung Chao-cheng |url=https://www.moc.gov.tw/en/information_226_77042.html |accessdate=16 May 2020 |agency=Ministry of Culture |date=7 January 2016}}</ref> His first work was published in 1951, within the pages of the magazine ''Rambler''.<ref name="prep">{{cite news |title=Chung Chao-cheng |url=https://paper-republic.org/pers/chung-chao-cheng/ |accessdate=16 May 2020 |publisher=Paper Republic}}</ref> His first novel appeared as a serial within '']'',<ref name="prep"/> and over the course of his career, Chung published over thirty novels.<ref name="teldap"/> Together with his contemporary ], the pair is known as "North Chung South Yeh."<ref name="hac">{{cite news |title=Chung Chao-cheng: the author who launched Taiwan’s roman-fleuve |url=https://english.hakka.gov.tw/Content/Content?NodeID=670&PageID=39914&LanguageType=ENG |accessdate=16 May 2020 |agency=Hakka Affairs Council}}</ref> He promoted ]. Known as the doyen of Taiwanese literature,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chin |first1=Jonathan |title=Novelist, son ‘dumbstruck’ by restoration of old home |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2018/08/16/2003698623 |accessdate=16 August 2018 |date=16 August 2018}}</ref> Chung's novel '']'' was adapted into a Golden Horse-winning film released in 1989. He was a recipient of both the {{ill|Wu San-lien Literary Award|zh|吳三連文藝獎}} and the {{ill|National Literary Award|zh|國家文藝獎}}, among others.<ref name="ltn"/><ref name="moc"/> Chung fell the week before his death, and subsequently lapsed in and out of consciousness. He died on 16 May 2020.<ref name="ltn">{{cite news |last1=許 |first1=倬勛 |title=獨家》「客家文學之母」鍾肇政辭世 享壽96歲 |url=https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/life/breakingnews/3167959 |accessdate=16 May 2020 |work=Liberty Times |date=16 May 2020 |language=zh}}</ref> Chung was born on 20 January 1925, in ]. Under ], the subdivision was classified as a village by the name of Ryūtan, itself a part of Daikei, in ]. His father was a schoolteacher and principal.<ref name="teldap">{{cite news |title=The River Runs Wide: The Literary Carreer of Chung Chao-cheng |url=http://culture.teldap.tw/culture/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&catid=156:lives-and-cultures&id=533:the-river-runs-wide-the-literary-carreer-of-chung-chao-cheng |accessdate=16 May 2020 |publisher=Taiwan e-Learning and Digital Archives Program}}</ref> Chung was sixth of ten siblings, and the only son.<ref name="hac"/> He enrolled successively at the Tamkang Middle School and then the Changhua Normal School, and later studied at ], but did not complete a degree in from the Department of Chinese Language and Literature, due to a bout with malaria.<ref name="teldap"/> Chung taught at Longtan Elementary School until 1979.<ref name="ltn"/><ref name="moc">{{cite news |title=Writer {{!}} Chung Chao-cheng |url=https://www.moc.gov.tw/en/information_226_77042.html |accessdate=16 May 2020 |agency=Ministry of Culture |date=7 January 2016}}</ref> His first work was published in 1951, within the pages of the magazine ''Rambler''.<ref name="prep">{{cite news |title=Chung Chao-cheng |url=https://paper-republic.org/pers/chung-chao-cheng/ |accessdate=16 May 2020 |publisher=Paper Republic}}</ref> His first novel appeared as a serial within '']'',<ref name="prep"/> and over the course of his career, Chung published over thirty novels.<ref name="teldap"/> His literary output also includes many essays, over 150 short stories, and more than forty works translated from Japanese.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Tu |first1=Kuo-ch'ing |title=Foreword to the Special Issue on Chung Chao-cheng |url=https://taiwancenter.eastasian.ucsb.edu/sites/secure.lsit.ucsb.edu.east.d7_taiwancenter/files/sitefiles/Journal%20%2333%20Forward%20in%20English.pdf |accessdate=16 May 2020 |work=Taiwan Literature: English Translation Series |issue=33 |publisher=Institute of Taiwan History, Academia Sinica |date=2014}} </ref> Together with his contemporary ], the pair is known as "North Chung South Yeh."<ref name="hac">{{cite news |title=Chung Chao-cheng: the author who launched Taiwan’s roman-fleuve |url=https://english.hakka.gov.tw/Content/Content?NodeID=670&PageID=39914&LanguageType=ENG |accessdate=16 May 2020 |agency=Hakka Affairs Council}}</ref> He promoted ]. Known as the doyen of Taiwanese literature,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chin |first1=Jonathan |title=Novelist, son ‘dumbstruck’ by restoration of old home |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2018/08/16/2003698623 |accessdate=16 August 2018 |date=16 August 2018}}</ref> Chung's novel '']'' was adapted into a Golden Horse-winning film released in 1989. He was a recipient of both the {{ill|Wu San-lien Literary Award|zh|吳三連文藝獎}} and the {{ill|National Literary Award|zh|國家文藝獎}}, among others.<ref name="ltn"/><ref name="moc"/> Chung fell the week before his death, and subsequently lapsed in and out of consciousness. He died on 16 May 2020.<ref name="ltn">{{cite news |last1=許 |first1=倬勛 |title=獨家》「客家文學之母」鍾肇政辭世 享壽96歲 |url=https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/life/breakingnews/3167959 |accessdate=16 May 2020 |work=Liberty Times |date=16 May 2020 |language=zh}}</ref>


==See also== ==See also==

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Taiwanese writer

Chung Chao-cheng (Chinese: 鍾肇政; 20 January 1925 – 16 May 2020) was a Taiwanese Hakka writer.

Chung was born on 20 January 1925, in Longtan District, Taoyuan. Under Japanese rule, the subdivision was classified as a village by the name of Ryūtan, itself a part of Daikei, in Shinchiku Prefecture. His father was a schoolteacher and principal. Chung was sixth of ten siblings, and the only son. He enrolled successively at the Tamkang Middle School and then the Changhua Normal School, and later studied at National Taiwan University, but did not complete a degree in from the Department of Chinese Language and Literature, due to a bout with malaria. Chung taught at Longtan Elementary School until 1979. His first work was published in 1951, within the pages of the magazine Rambler. His first novel appeared as a serial within United Daily News, and over the course of his career, Chung published over thirty novels. His literary output also includes many essays, over 150 short stories, and more than forty works translated from Japanese. Together with his contemporary Yeh Shih-tao, the pair is known as "North Chung South Yeh." He promoted Taiwan nativist literature. Known as the doyen of Taiwanese literature, Chung's novel The Dull Ice Flower was adapted into a Golden Horse-winning film released in 1989. He was a recipient of both the Wu San-lien Literary Award [zh] and the National Literary Award [zh], among others. Chung fell the week before his death, and subsequently lapsed in and out of consciousness. He died on 16 May 2020.

See also

References

  1. ^ "The River Runs Wide: The Literary Carreer [sic] of Chung Chao-cheng". Taiwan e-Learning and Digital Archives Program. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Chung Chao-cheng: the author who launched Taiwan's roman-fleuve". Hakka Affairs Council. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  3. ^ 許, 倬勛 (16 May 2020). "獨家》「客家文學之母」鍾肇政辭世 享壽96歲". Liberty Times (in Chinese). Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  4. ^ "Writer | Chung Chao-cheng". Ministry of Culture. 7 January 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  5. ^ "Chung Chao-cheng". Paper Republic. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  6. Tu, Kuo-ch'ing (2014). "Foreword to the Special Issue on Chung Chao-cheng" (PDF). Taiwan Literature: English Translation Series. No. 33. Institute of Taiwan History, Academia Sinica. Retrieved 16 May 2020. Record of publication held at the Institute of Taiwan History
  7. Chin, Jonathan (16 August 2018). "Novelist, son 'dumbstruck' by restoration of old home". Retrieved 16 August 2018.

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