Ai Mingzhi
Ai Mingzhi | |||||||||
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| Born | February 1925 Shanghai, Republic of China | ||||||||
| Died | June 29, 2017 (aged 92) Shanghai, People's Republic of China | ||||||||
| Spouse | Zhou Yinjun (周荫君) | ||||||||
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| Chinese | 艾明之 | ||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 黃志堃 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 黄志堃 | ||||||||
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Huang Zhikun (February 1925 – 29 June 2017), better known by his pen name Ai Mingzhi, was a Chinese author and screenwriter who wrote many screenplays beginning in the 1950s. During the Cultural Revolution (1966–1976) he suffered persecution with all of his works banned, but he returned to writing in 1978.
Works translated into English
[edit]- Seeds of Flame (火种), partially translated into English by Sidney Shapiro and Ho Yu-chih, was serialized in the April 1964 & May 1964 issues of Chinese Literature.
Filmography
[edit]| Year | English title | Original title | Director(s) | Notes |
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| 1954 | A Great Beginning | 伟大的起点 | Zhang Ke | |
| 1957 | A Nurse's Diary | 护士日记 | Tao Jin | based on his novel Up and Down (浮沉) |
| Happiness | 幸福 | Tian Ran, Fu Chaowu | ||
| 1958 | Spring Hastens the Blossoms Blooming | 春催桃李 | Lin Yang | co-wrote with Ru Zhijuan |
| Giant Wave | 巨浪 | Liu Qiong, Qiang Ming | ||
| 1959 | Huangpu River Story | 黄浦江的故事 | Huang Zuolin | co-wrote with Chen Xihe |
| An Evergreen Tree | 常青树 | Zhao Dan | ||
| 1960 | Truly Great People of This Generation | 风流人物数今朝 | Zhao Ming, Jiang Junchao, Yu Zhongying | co-wrote with Fei Liwen |
| 1964 | Love on Green Mountain | 青山恋 | Zhao Dan, Xu Tao, Qian Qianli | |
| 1982 | Little Goldfish | 小金鱼 | Zhang Junxiang, Li Xiepu, Wang Ji | based on his novella The Unsinkable Lake (不沉的湖) |
| 1983 | Bright Moon on the Sea | 海上升明月 | Liu Qiong, Sha Jie, Deng Yimin | |
| 1987 | The Tribulations of a Chinese Gentleman | 少爷的磨难 | Wu Yigong | co-wrote with Si Minsan and Hans Borgelt based on Tribulations of a Chinaman in China |
| 1991 | The Quest for a Dream | 千里寻梦 | Yang Yanjin | co-wrote with Xu Yinhua |
References
[edit]- Li Junna (李君娜) (2017-07-09). "在"小燕子"的歌声中 送别《护士日记》编剧艾明之". Shanghai Observer (in Chinese).
- 艾明之
- 怀念恩师艾明之：成长于苦难之中，散发出文学的光芒
External links
[edit]- Mingzhi Ai at IMDb
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