Chin Shunshin or Chen Shunchen (陳 舜臣) (18 February 1924 – 21 January 2015)[1] was a Taiwanese and Japanese novelist, translator and cultural critic. He is best known for his historical fictions and mystery novels based on Chinese and Asian history, 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.
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Native name | 陳 舜臣 |
Born | Kobe, Japan | 18 February 1924
Died | 21 January 2015 Kobe, Japan | (aged 90)
Occupation | writer, critic |
Nationality | Taiwan, Japan (1990 ~) |
Genre | novels, cultural critics |
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