Chin Shunshin
Chin Shunshin or Chen Shunchen 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.
Major works
- Roots of Dried Grass
- House Three Colors - Showa Treasure Mysteries, Fusosha
- The Sapphire Lion Incense Burner
- Chinese History
- Ryukyu Wind
- Genghis Khan's Family
Awards
- The 23rd Mystery Writers of Japan Award
- The 7th Edogawa Rampo Prize in 1961 for 枯草の根
- The 60th Naoki Prize for The Sapphire Lion Incense Burner
- The 26th Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for Literature for ''''