Chung Li-ho
Chung Li-ho | |
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鍾理和 | |
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| Born | 6 November 1915 |
| Died | 4 August 1960 (aged 44) |
| Nationality | Republic of China |
| Occupation | Novelist |
Chung Li-ho (Chinese: 鍾理和, (pinyin Zhong Lihe) also known as Chûng Lî-fò or Tsûng Li-fô when transliterated from Hakka); November 6, 1915 – August 4, 1960, was a Taiwanese novelist. He was a Liudui Hakka (Chinese: 六堆客家人), born in Gaoshu Township, Pingtung in 1915, who migrated to Meinong (nearby and also part of the same sub-division of the Liudui 六堆, the Youdui (Chinese: 右堆 右堆; now Meinong District, Kaohsiung City) in around 1932. Eloping with a woman because their same-surname relationship was taboo in their community,[1] he resided in Shenyang and Beijing on the Chinese mainland - but, like Taiwan, under Japanese rule at the time - between 1938 and 1946. He died of pulmonary tuberculosis at the age of 44[2] in Meinong whilst revising his last and possibly finest work, a novella entitled "Rain" Chinese: 雨.
Legacy
There is a Chung Li-ho Museum, located in Meinong, Kaohsiung is dedicated to Chung. His life has been dramatized as China, My Native Land, a 1980 film directed by Li Hsing; of which the eponymous theme song was sung by Teresa Teng. Chung's eldest son, Chung Tieh-min, was an award-winning writer of fiction and prose. The asteroid 237187 Zhonglihe, discovered by Xiangyao Hsiao and Ye Quan-Zhi at Lulin Observatory in 2008, was named in his memory.[3] The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 12 October 2011 (M.P.C. 76677).[4]
See also
References
- ^ Han Chueng (31 July 2016). "Taiwan in Time: Fleeing to the old country for love". Taipei Times. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
- ^ Mu Qian (April 14, 2011). "Ode to a writer". China Daily.
- ^ "237187 Zhonglihe (2008 UA212)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
- ^ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
T. M. McClellan, “Home and the Land: the “native” fiction of Zhong Lihe”, Journal of Modern Literature in Chinese, 9.2 (December 2009): 154-182. Zhong Lihe, From the Old Country: stories and sketches of China and Taiwan, Edited and translated by T. M. McClellan, Columbia University Press, 2014.
External links
Media related to Chung Li-ho at Wikimedia Commons- Digital museum of Chung Li-ho - a website and database built by the Taiwan government (in Chinese)
