Chung Li-ho

Chung Li-ho
鍾理和
Born6 November 1915
Died4 August 1960(1960-08-04) (aged 44)
NationalityRepublic of China
OccupationNovelist

Chung Li-ho (Chinese: 鍾理和 (pinyin Zhong Lihe), Hakka transliteration: Chûng Lî-fò or Tsûng Li-fô) December 15, 1915 – August 4, 1960, was a writer from Taiwan famous mainly for fiction. He was a Liudui Hakka (Chinese: 六堆客家人), born in Gaoshu Township, Pingtung in 1915, who moved with his parents to a newly purchased fruit and coffee plantation in Meinong in around 1932. Eloping with a woman because their same-surname relationship was taboo in their community,[1] he resided in Japanese-occupied China – Shenyang and Beijing – 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: ).

  1. ^ Han Chueng (31 July 2016). "Taiwan in Time: Fleeing to the old country for love". Taipei Times. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
  2. ^ Mu Qian (April 14, 2011). "Ode to a writer". China Daily.