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Revision as of 15:40, 16 May 2020 by Vycl1994 (talk | contribs) (+Category:20th-century novelists; +Category:Taiwanese schoolteachers; ±Category:People from Wuhua→Category:Hakka writers using HotCat)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)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. 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. Together with his contemporary Yeh Shih-tao, the pair is known as "North Chung South Yeh." He promoted Taiwan nativist literature. "We are pioneers of Taiwanese literature, a literature with unique characteristics," he once said. "The use of native dialects should be a part of expressing those unique characteristics, though it will take our determined effort." 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.
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References
- ^ "The River Runs Wide: The Literary Carreer [sic] of Chung Chao-cheng". Taiwan e-Learning and Digital Archives Program. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
- ^ "Chung Chao-cheng: the author who launched Taiwan's roman-fleuve". Hakka Affairs Council. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Chung Chao-cheng". Paper Republic. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
- Chin, Jonathan (16 August 2018). "Novelist, son 'dumbstruck' by restoration of old home". Retrieved 16 August 2018.
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