Chin Shunshin

{{family name hatnote|[[Chen (surname)|Chen (or Chin)]]|}} {{Short description|Taiwanese and Japanese novelist, translator and cultural critic (1924–2015)}} {{Infobox writer  | name = Chin Shunshin | image = SF-Magazine-1963-January-3.jpg | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date|1924|2|18|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Kobe]], [[Japan]] | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2015|1|21|1924|2|18}} | death_place = [[Kobe]], Japan | nationality = Taiwanese/Japanese | occupation = writer, critic | genre = novels, cultural critics | movement = | notableworks = | awards = {{plainlist| *[[Naoki Prize]] *Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for Literature }} | influences = | influenced = | native_name = 陳舜臣 | native_name_lang = jp }} {{nihongo|'''Chin Shunshin''' or '''Chen Shunchen'''|陳舜臣}} (18 February 1924{{spaced ndash}}21 January 2015)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20150121/j67996010000.html |title=小説家の陳舜臣さん死去 |date=21 January 2015 |accessdate=21 January 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150121084141/http://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20150121/j67996010000.html |archivedate=21 January 2015 }}</ref> was a Taiwanese-Japanese [[novelist]], [[Translation|translator]] and [[cultural critic]]. He is best known for his historical fictions and mystery novels based on [[History of China|Chinese]] and [[History of Asia|Asian history]], including ''First Opium War'', ''Chinese History'', ''Ryukyu Wind''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://munsa.co.kr/GoodsDetail.asp?CategoryID=&Goodsid=562 |title=전세계 지성인들의 삶을 전하는 문학사상사 |accessdate=2008-08-23 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120715195318/http://munsa.co.kr/GoodsDetail.asp?CategoryID=&Goodsid=562 |archivedate=2012-07-15 }}</ref> 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) * {{cite book |translator =[[Joshua A. Fogel]]|date = 2001 |authorlink = Chin Shunshin|title = The Taiping Rebellion |others = orig. ''Taihei Tengoku'' |publisher = M.E. Sharpe| location = Armonk, N.Y.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LO-ZcCcwz1QC |isbn = 0765601001|ref = 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''<ref name=naoki>{{cite web|url=http://www.bunshun.co.jp/shinkoukai/award/naoki/list.html|language=japanese|title=直木賞受賞者一覧|trans-title=Naoki Prize Winners List|publisher=日本文学振興会|access-date=September 13, 2018}}</ref> * The 26th Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for Literature (1992) for ''{{nihongo||諸葛孔明|Shokatsu Kōmei}}''<ref name=yoshikawa>{{cite web|url=http://www.kodansha.co.jp/award/yoshikawa_bg/list.html|language=japanese|title=吉川英治文学賞過去受賞作|trans-title=Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for Literature Past Winners|publisher=[[Kodansha]]|access-date=September 13, 2018|archive-date=July 22, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180722095922/http://www.kodansha.co.jp/award/yoshikawa_bg/list.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==See also== {{portal|Novels}} * [[Ryōtarō Shiba]] * [[Japanese literature]] * [[List of Japanese authors]]

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *[http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/IHistory/TKY200709030043.html INTERVIEW/ Chin Shunshin: History is invariably written by conquerors] at [[Asahi Shimbun]] {{Authority control}}

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