Zhou Shoujuan


Zhou Shoujuan 周瘦鵑, born Zhou Zufu, courtesy name Guoxian, also known by his English name Eric Chow, was a Chinese novelist, screenwriter, literary editor, and English–to-Chinese literary translator.

Career

From 1911 to 1947, as a translator, Zhou has translated around 200 short stories from English into the Chinese language. Zhou has introduced the works of Daniel Defoe, Charles Dickens, Mark Twain, Washington Irving, Harriet Beecher Stowe and many others to Chinese readers.
In September 1913, Zhou was the editor of Unfettered Talk, a supplement of Shenbao.
Zhou wrote hundreds of stories and some film scripts.
As an editor, Zhou edited magazines including "Weekly" weekly magazine, Dadong Bookstore "Half Moon" magazine, "Purple Orchid", and "Liangyou pictorial".

Personal life

During the Chinese Cultural Revolution and on August 11, 1968, Zhou committed suicide by jumping into a well hours after a struggle session against him.

Works translated into English

Filmography

Zhou Shoujuan wrote the screenplays for these films:
YearEnglish titleChinese titleDirectorNotes
1924Connected by Water and Fire水火鴛鴦Cheng BugaoLost
1926Return the Money還金記Dan DuyuLost
1926Ma Jiefu馬介甫Zhu ShoujuLost, based on Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio