Chin Shunshin Explained

Chen Sunchen
Birth Date:	18 February 1924
Birth Place:	Kobe, Japan
Death Place:	Kobe, Japan
Nationality:	Taiwan, Japan (1990 ~)
Occupation:	writer, critic
Genre:	novels, cultural critics
Awards:	Naoki Prize Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for Literature
Native Name:	陳 舜臣
Native Name Lang:	jp

(18 February 192421 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.

Major works

• Roots of Dried Grass (枯草の根)
• House Three Colors - Showa Treasure Mysteries (三色の家), Fusosha
• The Sapphire Lion Incense Burner (青玉獅子香炉)
• Chinese History (中国の歴史)
• Ryukyu Wind (琉球の風)
• Genghis Khan's Family (チンギス・ハーンの一族)
• Book: Chin Shunshin

. Joshua A. Fogel. 2001 . Chin Shunshin. The Taiping Rebellion . orig. Taihei Tengoku . M.E. Sharpe. Armonk, N.Y.. 0765601001. none.

Awards

• The 23rd Mystery Writers of Japan Award
• The 7th Edogawa Rampo Prize in 1961 for 枯草の根
• The 60th Naoki Prize (1968下) for The Sapphire Lion Incense Burner^[3]
• The 26th Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for Literature (1992) for ^[4]

See also

• Ryōtarō Shiba
• Japanese literature
• List of Japanese authors

External links

• INTERVIEW/ Chin Shunshin: History is invariably written by conquerors at Asahi Shimbun

Notes and References

1. News: 小説家の陳舜臣さん 死去 . 21 January 2015 . 21 January 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150121084141/http://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20150121/j67996010000.html . 21 January 2015 .
2. Web site: 전세계 지성인들의 삶을 전하는 문학사상사 . 2008-08-23 . dead . https://archive.today/20120715195318/http://munsa.co.kr/GoodsDetail.asp?CategoryID=&Goodsid=562 . 2012-07-15 .
3. Web site: 直木賞受賞者一覧. japanese. Naoki Prize Winners List. 日本文学振興会. September 13, 2018.
4. Web site: 吉川英治文学賞過去受賞作. japanese. Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for Literature Past Winners. Kodansha. September 13, 2018. July 22, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180722095922/http://www.kodansha.co.jp/award/yoshikawa_bg/list.html. dead.