Chin Shunshin

Chin Shunshin or Chen Shunchen (陳 舜臣) (18 February 1924 – 21 January 2015) was a Taiwanese and Japanese novelist, translator and cultural critic. He is best known for his historical fictions and mystery novels based on Chinese and Asian history, including First Opium War, Chinese History, Ryukyu Wind. He won numerous literary awards, including the Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for Literature and the Naoki Prize.

Major works

 * Roots of Dried Grass (枯草の根)
 * House Three Colors - Showa Treasure Mysteries (三色の家), Fusosha
 * The Sapphire Lion Incense Burner (青玉獅子香炉)
 * Chinese History (中国の歴史)
 * Ryukyu Wind (琉球の風)
 * Genghis Khan's Family (チンギス・ハーンの一族)

Awards

 * The 23rd Mystery Writers of Japan Award
 * The 7th Edogawa Rampo Prize in 1961 for 枯草の根
 * The 60th Naoki Prize (1968下) for The Sapphire Lion Incense Burner
 * The 26th Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for Literature (1992) for Shokatsu Kōmei (諸葛孔明)