Chu Tien-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 Tien-hsin are also famous writers.
Biography Chu Tien-wen was born in Taipei, Taiwan. She was born to one of the most prestigious literary family in contemporary Taiwan. She is the daughter of Chu Hsi-ning and the older sister of Chu Tien-hsin. Her teacher was Hu Lancheng, and she was also greatly influenced by Eileen Chang.陈, 秀雯 (2011). 拉曼大学中文系. Chu weaves an eclectic tapestry of culture through the personal history and musings of her mentor. Chu published her first novel in 1972. 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, Chu also co-produced the soundtrack.
While attending 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 co-founded The Threes Bookstore Publisher (Sansan shufang 三三書坊) with her sister and friends.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.clt.oucreate.com. 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. 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. 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. Chu has been awarded Best Screenplay at the international Venice Film Festival and the Tokyo International Film Festival.
Works translated to English YearChinese titleTranslated English titleTranslator(s)1986炎夏之都"The Long Hot Summer"Renditions, 1991.Ellen Lai-shan Yeung"A City of Hot Summer"The Chinese PEN, Summer 1988.Michelle Yeh1988柴師父"Master Chai"1989肉身菩薩"Boddhisattva Incarnate"Fran Martin1990世紀末的華麗"Fin de Siècle Splendour"Eva Hung1994荒人手記Notes of a Desolate ManHoward Goldblatt, Sylvia Li-chun Lin2006巫言"Witch's Brew"Asymptote, January 2012.2015我們有義務成為另一些人"We All Change into Somebody Else"Chinese Literature Today, 2016.Ping Zhu
Filmography Films YearEnglish titleChinese titleDirectorNotes1983Growing Up小畢的故事Chen Kunhouco-wrote with Hou Hsiao-hsien, Ding Yah-ming and Hsu Shu-chenThe Boys from Fengkuei風櫃來的人Hou Hsiao-hsien1984A 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-jen1985My Favorite Season最想念的季節co-wrote with Hou Hsiao-hsien, Ding Yah-ming and Hsu Shu-chenThe Matrimony結婚co-wrote with Ding Yah-ming and Hsu Shu-chenTaipei Story青梅竹馬Edward Yangco-wrote with Hou Hsiao-hsienThe Time to Live and the Time to Die童年往事Hou Hsiao-hsien1986Dust in the Wind戀戀風塵co-wrote with Wu Nien-jenDrifters流浪少年路Chen Kunhouco-wrote with Ding Yah-ming and Hsu Shu-chen1987Daughter of the Nile尼羅河女兒Hou Hsiao-hsien1989A City of Sadness悲情城市co-wrote with Wu Nien-jen1993The Puppetmaster戲夢人生co-wrote with Wu Nien-jen1995Good Men, Good Women好男好女1996Goodbye South, Goodbye南國再見，南國co-wrote with Jack Kao and Lim Giong1998Flowers of Shanghai海上花based on The Sing-song Girls of Shanghai2001Millennium 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 Cheng2020Unfulfilled Dreams願未央Chu T'ien-wen Documentary
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#AwardCategoryFilmResult198320thGolden Horse AwardsBest Adapted ScreenplayGrowing Up198421stA Summer at Grandpa's198522ndBest Original ScreenplayThe Time to Live and the Time to Die198926thA City of Sadness199532ndBest Adapted ScreenplayGood Men, Good Women200542ndBest Original ScreenplayThree Times201552ndBest Adapted ScreenplayThe Assassin201613thInternational Cinephile Society AwardsBest Adapted Screenplay
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