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Jin Yong

Jin Yong
Personal information
Birth dateFebruary 6, 1924(age 92)
Place of birthHaining, Zhejiang, China
Pen nameJin Yong
金庸
NationalityPeople's Republic of China (Hong Kong)
Alma materSoochow University (B.Law)
University of Cambridge (M.A. in History)
University of Cambridge (Ph.D)
OccupationNovelist, essayist
Period1955 � 1972
Children4 (3 living)

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Louis Cha, GBM, OBE (born 6 February 1924), better known by his pen name Jin Yong, is a modern Chinese-language novelist. Co-founder of the Hong Kong daily Ming Pao, which he started in 1959, he was the paper's first editor-in-chief.

Cha's fiction, which is of the wuxia ("martial arts and chivalry") genre, has a widespread following in Chinese-speaking areas, including mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Southeast Asia, and the United States. His 15 works written between 1955 and 1972 earned him a reputation as one of the finest wuxia writers ever. He is currently the best-selling Chinese author alive; over 100 million copies of his works have been sold worldwide (not including unknown number of bootleg copies).

Cha's works have been translated into English, French, Korean, Japanese, Vietnamese, Thai, Burmese, Malay and Indonesian. He has many fans abroad as well, owing to the numerous adaptations of his works into films, television series, manhua (comics) and video games.

Asteroid 10930 Jinyong (1998 CR2) is named after him.


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