Famous writer Hua Yan died of illness in Taipei City Zhenxing Hospital on the 10th of this month at the age of 100. She did not start writing early, but her creative career spanned 45 years and she has written extensively in her lifetime, including 24 novels, 5 anthologies and more than 60 self-reported essays.
Huayan’s real name is Yan Tingyun and he has a deep family background. His grandfather, Yan Fu, was a figure of enlightenment of thought in the late Qing Dynasty. His father, Yan Hu, was a professor of philosophy at Fujian Union University. His mother, Lin Mulan, was the second daughter of Lin’s family in Banqiao. Hua Yan has been familiar with ancient poetry and Buddhist scriptures since childhood and received a Bachelor of Arts degree from St. John’s University in Shanghai. Later, she married Ye Mingxun, then director of the Taipei branch of China Central News Agency and senior media professional.
Huayan’s writing did not begin until her married children became more independent, and in the 1980s and 1990s, because she served her aging mother, she was rarely seen at women’s writers’ gatherings. Lin Daiman, the author of “New Essays on Huayan’s Novels,” pointed out that Huayan once described her first desk as a small table on the stairs next to the kitchen, and she used some time outside of chores housekeepers writing.
Lin Daiman sighed, “We have paid too little attention to the writers who came to Taiwan in the 1950s and 1960s. Without these writers’ creation and experimentation, there may be no more mature works in the future.” the style of the works at that time was simple. , simple. In addition to seemingly conservative views on marriage and values, Huayan shows that “pure housewives can also have their own heaven” that today’s women are also committed to pursuing, and continues to innovate in the form of creation.”
Taking “Titi’s Diary,” which was adapted into a film of the same name and won several awards at the 15th Golden Horse Awards, as an example, Lin Daiman said, “It can be said to be Hua Yan’s masterpiece. The vision of the marriage it presents is to believe in fate.When we encounter twists and turns, we have to work hard to adapt, and for many female readers at the time, such values had a positive meaning.And the success of adapting the novels to film and television at that time he became a good example even today.
Feng Deping, editor-in-chief of “Wen Xun” magazine also pointed out that fifth and sixth graders should be amazed by Huayan’s first book “Lamp of Wisdom”. I have to urge people to buy “Dahua Evening News” just to read the “Lamp of Wisdom” series, which is evident in the best-selling and positive reviews.
Feng Deping said that Huayan’s creations have always been breakthroughs and innovations in themes and techniques, and explored serious issues in a light and playful form. Qiu Nan, a literary critic at the time, classified Huayan’s works as “British and American women’s novels” and “Little Women”, and other views are considered popular novels and not limited to romance or romance novels.
The “dialogue-style novels” that Huayan tried in his later years fully advanced the plot with dialogues, which were very avant-garde and experimental. “It’s very difficult to avoid crossing boundaries and not confusing through dialogue.” Feng Deping said , which also shows that Huayan Yan has consistently surpassed himself in creation, which was also a great encouragement for the creators at that time.
