Luo Lan

For the actress from Hong Kong with the same name, see Law Lan.
Luo Lan
Native name
羅蘭
BornChin Pei-fen
10 October 1919
Ninghe, Hebei
Died29 August 2015(2015-08-29) (aged 95)
OccupationWriter
NationalityRepublic of China

Luo Lan (Chinese: 羅蘭; pinyin: Luó Lán; 10 October 1919 – 29 August 2015) was a Taiwanese writer and radio personality. Born Chin Pei-fen (靳佩芬) in Ninghe, Hebei, she moved to Taiwan from Tianjin in 1948. Luo was first published in 1963 and became well-known first in Taiwan, before finding the same success in China after the opening of the Three Links.[1] Best known for an essay collection, Luo Lan Xiao Yu,[2][3] she won a Golden Bell silver class special award in 1994. Luo died of cardiopulmonary failure in Taipei on 29 August 2015. She received two governmental citations during the course of her career. The first was issued by the Ministry of Education in 1979, and the second was posthumously awarded by the Ministry of Culture in 2015.[4]

  1. ^ Cheng, C.W.; Lin, Lillian (29 August 2015). "Veteran radio presenter and essayist Luo Lan dies at age 96". Central News Agency. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  2. ^ "Luo Lan dies at age 96". Taipei Times. 1 September 2015. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  3. ^ Su, Fu-nan (23 May 2012). "Author complains of Chinese piracy". Taipei Times. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  4. ^ Chen, Christie (10 September 2015). "Presidential citation to honor late radio presenter". Central News Agency. Retrieved 11 September 2015.