Chiung Yao

Chiung Yao

personal-info

known-for

Writing

gender

Female

birthday

1938-04-20

place-of-birth

Chengdu, China

also-known-as

충야오
心如
凤凰
경요
Yao Chiung
陈喆
陳喆
Chen Che

biography

Qiong Yao (simplified Chinese: 琼瑶; traditional Chinese: 瓊瑤) is a contemporary Chinese writer. She was born in Chengdu, China on April 4th, 1938 as Chen Che (simplified Chinese: 陈喆; traditional Chinese: 陳喆). In 1949, she moved to Taiwan with her father. She has used Xinru (simplified Chinese: 心如) and Fenghuang (simplified Chinese: 凤凰) as pen names.