Lu Ho-jo

Lu Ho-jo (Chinese: 呂赫若; August 25, 1914 – September 3, 1950), real name Lu Shih-tui (呂石堆), and known by the pen name Lu Ho-jo (呂赫若), was a Taiwanese writer, vocalist, and playwright, earning the title "First Literary Genius of Taiwan". According to his relatives, the pen name Ho-jo is derived from Japanese and means "an eminent young man". There is another account suggesting that he combined the names of two left-wing writers he admired, the Korean writer Jang Hyukjoo (張赫宙) and the Chinese writer Kuo Mo-jo (郭沫若), selecting one character from each ("Hyuk" and "Jo") to form his pen name.

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