Chen Uen Explained

Chen Uen
鄭問
Birth Name:Cheng Chin-wen
鄭進文
Birth Date:1958 12, df=y
Birth Place:Bade District, Taoyuan, Taiwan
Death Place:Xindian District, New Taipei City, Taiwan
Nationality:Taiwanese
Awards:Japan Cartoonists Association Award, 1991

Chen Uen (; 27 December 1958 – 26 March 2017) was a Taiwanese manhua artist. Some of his works include Magical Super Asia, Banzai and The First King. He also worked as an illustrator for Koei's Romance of the Three Kingdoms PS2 game series.

Born Cheng Chin-wen in 1958, he began drawing in the late 1970s,[1] and specialized in manga starting in 1984.[2] Soon after, Chen saw an increase in popularity as media restrictions were relaxed following the Kaohsiung Incident.[3]

In 1991, Chen was the first foreigner to win an award at the Japanese Cartoonists Association for his work, Heroes of the East Chou Dynasty.[4] [5]

He died of a heart attack in 2017, aged 58.[1] [2]

A documentary Inside the Arts: The Profound Aesthetics -- Chen Uen was produced by Public Television Service and won a bronze medal at the 2019 New York Festivals TV & Film Awards.[6]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Wu. Po-hsuan. Yang. Yuan-ting. Chin. Jonathan. Comic book great Uen Cheng dies. 31 March 2017. Taipei Times. 31 March 2017.
  2. News: Renowned manga artist Chen Uen passes away at 58. 31 March 2017. Taiwan Today. 29 March 2017.
  3. News: Chang. Ju-ping. 55 years of Taiwan comics on show in retrospective. 31 March 2017. Taipei Times. 16 July 2000.
  4. News: Mei. Jia. A comic dynamo who draws outside the lines. 1 April 2017. China Daily. 10 November 2009.
  5. News: Chen. Christie. Comic fans flood Taiwan pavilion at French festival. 1 April 2017. Taiwan News. Central News Agency. 30 November 2012.
  6. News: Chiang . Pei-ling . Ko . Lin . Documentary on late comic book artist wins award in New York . 12 April 2019 . Central News Agency . 12 April 2019.