Qiong Yao
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Profile
- Name: 瓊瑤 (琼瑶) / Chiung Yao (Qiong Yao)
- Real name: 陳喆 (陈喆) / Chen Zhe
- Profession: Novelist, screenwriter, producer and lyricist
- Birthdate: 1938-Apr-20
- Deathdate: 2024-Dec-04 (aged 86)
- Birthplace: Chengdu, Sichuan, China
- Height: 165cm
- Star sign: Taurus
- Chinese zodiac: Tiger
- Family: Husband/writer Ping Xin Tao, son Chen Zhong Wei (from a previous marriage), daughter-in-law/producer He Xiu Qiong
TV Series
- Huan Zhu Ge Ge (TBA)
- Flowers in Fog (2013)
- New My Fair Princess (2011)
- Dreams Link (2007)
- Princess Returning Pearl III (2002)
- Romance in the Rain (2001)
- Princess Returning Pearl II (1999)
- Princess Returning Pearl (1998)
- Dream Behind the Curtain (1996)
- Love in the Rain (1986)
TV Series Theme Songs
- Flowers in Fog lyricist (2013)
- New My Fair Princess lyricist (2011)
- Dreams Link OST lyricist (2007)
Trivia
- Education: Taipei Municipal Zhong Shan Girls High School
- Hobbies: Poetry, reading novels and watching movies
- Native origin: Hengyang, Hunan, China
- She moved to Taiwan in 1949 and back to Mainland China in 1988.
- Her father was a professor in the Chinese Language department at National Taiwan Normal University and her mother taught Chinese Language at Taipei Municipal Jianguo High School.
- Her novels have been adapted into numerous TV series and films.
- She's a distant relative of wuxia novelist Jin Yong.