Personal Info
Known For
Writing
Known Credits
97
Gender
Male
Birthday
1924-03-10
Day of Death
2018-10-30 (94 years old)
Place of Birth
Haining, Zhejiang, China
Also Known As
Jin Yong
金庸
查良鏞
Louis Cha Leung Yung
กิมย้ง
Kim Dung
Ча Лян Юн
Cha Lian Yong
查良镛
Цзинь Юн
Louis Cha
Biography
Louis Cha Jing-yong (Chinese: 查良鏞) (10 March 1924 – 30 October 2018), better known by his pen name Jin Yong (金庸), was a Chinese wuxia novelist and essayist who co-founded the Hong Kong daily newspaper Ming Pao in 1959 and served as its first editor-in-chief. He was Hong Kong's most famous writer.
