Chin Shunshin

Chin Shunshin
Native name
陳 舜臣
Born(1924-02-18)18 February 1924
Kobe, Japan
Died21 January 2015(2015-01-21) (aged 90)
Kobe, Japan
Occupationwriter, critic
NationalityTaiwanese/Japanese
Genrenovels, cultural critics
Notable awards

Chin Shunshin or Chen Shunchen (陳 舜臣) (18 February 1924 – 21 January 2015) was a Taiwanese-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. He won numerous literary awards, including the Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for Literature and the Naoki Prize.

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