About Jade Y. Chen
Born 1957. Jade Y. Chen is a Taiwanese and Chinese journalist, writer, playwright, theatre director and novelist.
Jade Y. Chen is a novelist, journalist, theatre director and playwright from Taiwan. She is best known for her book, China, which won the Taiwan Golden Text Award (金典獎) for best novel and the Hong Kong Baptist University’s Dream of the Red Chamber Award Jury Prize.
Professional career Her 2004 bestselling novel Mazu's Bodyguards was adapted into a musical, presented at the National Theater in Taipei in December 2009. In Taiwan Today, it was described as a "bold attempt to explore Taiwan’s complex ethnic, cultural and political history".
Her works have been translated in German and English.
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Who is Jade Y. Chen?
Taiwanese writer
When was Jade Y. Chen born?
Jade Y. Chen was born on 8 July 1957 in Taichung.
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Jade Y. Chen is a journalist, writer, playwright, theatre director and novelist.
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Jade Y. Chen is Taiwanese and Chinese.
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