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Louis Cha Leung-yung GBM OBE (Chinese: 查良鏞; 10 March 1924 – 30 October 2018), better known by his pen name Jin Yong (Chinese: 金庸), was a Chinese wuxia ("martial arts and chivalry") novelist and essayist who co-founded the Hong Kong daily newspaper Ming Pao in 1959 and served as its first editor-in-chief.
He is known to most by his penname Jin Yong or Kam-yung (Cantonese), and is one of the most influential modern Chinese-language wuxia novelists of all time. He is widely regarded as the finest Chinese wuxia writer, a reputation based on 15 wuxia novels and short stories he wrote from 1955 to 1972.
Oct 30, 2018 · Louis Cha, GBM, OBE (born 6 February 1924), better known by his pen name Jin Yong (金庸, sometimes read and/or written as "Chin Yung"), is a modern Chinese-language novelist.
Nov 2, 2018 · Obituary: Jin Yong fused martial arts fantasy, history and romance into must-read novels Louis Cha, also known as Jin Yong, died at the Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital at the age of 94....
In 1955 Jin Yong (Zha Liangyong) started to serialize Shu jian en chou lu (The Book and the Sword) in Xinwanbao (“New Evening Post”), which he followed with 13 additional serialized novels in his own newspaper, Ming Pao. Another significant wuxia novel writer is Liang Yusheng (Chen… Read More
Oct 31, 2018 · Millions of people are mourning Jin Yong — the pen name for novelist Louis Cha — after the giant of Chinese pop culture and literature died on Tuesday. Cha wrote epic stories that created an ...
Oct 30, 2018 · HONG KONG - Famed Chinese martial arts novelist Jin Yong has died at the age of 94, Hong Kong media reported on Tuesday (Oct 30). Read more at straitstimes.com.
Oct 31, 2018 · Jin Yong's fantasy novels of martial arts heroes and legends sold millions around the world.
Oct 31, 2018 · Jin Yong's fantasy novels of martial arts heroes and legends sold millions around the world.
Nov 13, 2018 · Chinese gongfu novelist Louis Cha Leung Yung, better known by his pen name Jin Yong, died at the age of 94 on Oct 30 at the Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital, surrounded by his family.
