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Chiung Yao
Chen Che | |||||||||
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.jpg) Yao in 2019 | |||||||||
| Native name | 陳喆 | ||||||||
| Born | 20 April 1938 Chengdu, Sichuan, Republic of China | ||||||||
| Died | 4 December 2024 (aged 86) Tamsui, New Taipei, Taiwan | ||||||||
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| Language | Chinese | ||||||||
| Nationality | Taiwanese (Republic of China) | ||||||||
| Education | Taipei Municipal Zhongshan Girls High School | ||||||||
| Period | 1962–2024 | ||||||||
| Subject | Romance | ||||||||
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| Children | One son, three stepchildren | ||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 瓊瑤 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 琼瑶 | ||||||||
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| Chen Che | |||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 陳喆 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 陈喆 | ||||||||
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Chen Che (Chinese: 陳喆; pinyin: Chén Zhé; 20 April 1938 – 4 December 2024), better known by her pen name Chiung Yao (Chinese: 瓊瑤; pinyin: Qióngyáo), was a Taiwanese writer and film producer. The name Chiung Yao is a phrase taken from the Classic of Poetry, where it means "splendid pure jade".[1] Born in Chengdu, Sichuan, her waishengren family moved to Taiwan in 1949 after the Communist takeover.[2]
She was a representative figure in Chinese-language romance novels. She rose to fame with her novel Outside the Window (1963), which led to her acquaintance and romantic involvement with Ping Hsin-tao, the owner of the Crown magazine. After both divorced their original spouses, they married and co-founded several companies to adapt Chiung Yao's works into films and TV dramas.[3] Her novels have been adapted into more than 100 films and TV dramas.[4] However, her romantic experiences also sparked controversy in Taiwan.[3]
Her works were well-received in Taiwan and later the whole Chinese-speaking world,[5][6] and Southeast Asia.[7] The BBC describes her as "the world's most popular Chinese language romance novelist" and her TV drama My Fair Princess (1998) as "the most popular Chinese-language drama shows of all time".[8]
- ^ Zhou, Tianzhu (12 August 2019). "趣谈台湾作家笔名". Shanghai Taiwan Sibling Investment Enterprise Association (in Simplified Chinese). Archived from the original on 5 December 2022. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
- ^ Tagen-Dye, Carly (4 December 2024). "Beloved Taiwanese Romance Novelist, 86, Dies in Apparent Suicide". People. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
:9was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "琼瑶作品及影视对应表" [Chiung Yao's works and film and television correspondence table]. rxgl.net. Archived from the original on 7 November 2012. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
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Mostow2003was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Cheng, Hsiao-hsuan (October 1986). "Chiung Yao: Truth and Dreams". Sinorama Magazine. Translated by Peter Hill; Photos by Chien Yung-pin. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
- ^ Wang, Fan (4 December 2024). "Chiung Yao: Top Chinese language writer dies in apparent suicide". BBC News. Archived from the original on 4 December 2024. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
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