Chu Tien-wen is one of Taiwan's most prominent writers. She is the daughter of Chu Hsi-ning

Chu Hsi-ning

Chu Hsi-ning was born in Linqu, Shandong. In 1945, he entered an art college in Hangzhou, but dropped out to join the nationalist army in the struggle against the communists. He reached the rank of colonel. He was one of the soldiers who accompanied Chiang Kai-shek to Taiwan in 1949...

 and the older sister of Chu Tien-hsin. Some of her literary works include "Fin-de-Siècle Splendour" (1990) and Notes of a Desolate Man 荒人手記 (1994). She wrote many of the scripts for the famous Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-hsien

Hou Hsiao-Hsien

Hou Hsiao-Hsien is an award-winning film director and a leading figure of Taiwan's New Wave cinema movement.-Biography:...

. Her screenwriting credits include movies like Taipei Story

Taipei Story

Taipei Story is a 1985 film by Taiwanese filmmaker Edward Yang.The film stars Yang's fellow filmmaker Hou Hsiao-hsien, and singer Tsai Chin, who Yang subsequently married.It is one of the earliest films of the New Taiwan Cinema.-Synopsis:...

, The Puppetmaster, Goodbye South, Goodbye

Goodbye South, Goodbye

-Plot:Gao is riding the train to Pinghsi to set up a 10 day gambling den with his friend Hsi . He taking his acolyte - Flatty , and Pletzel , Flatty's girl friend, who works part time in a night club....

, Millenium Mambo, City of Sadness 悲情城市 (1989) and many more.