Jin Yong
Hong Kong writer (1924-2018) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hong Kong writer (1924-2018) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Louis Cha Jing-yong[1] (Chinese: 查良鏞; Sidney Lau: Cha4 Leung4 Yung4) (10 March 1924 – 30 October 2018), better known by his pen name Jin Yong, was a Chinese novelist and essayist. He co-founded the Hong Kong daily newspaper Ming Pao in 1959 and was its first editor-in-chief. He was Hong Kong's most famous writer.[2] He was born in Haining, Zhejiang. He retired from the newspaper business in 1993.
Yong died after a long illness at a hospital in Happy Valley, Hong Kong on 30 October 2018 at the age of 94.[3]
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