Xia Yan
Chinese playwright
Died when: 94 years 99 days (1131 months)Star Sign: Scorpio
Xia Yan (Chinese: 夏衍; pinyin: Xià Yǎn;Wade–Giles: Hsia Yen; 30 October 1900 – 6 February 1995) was a Chinese playwright and screenwriter, and China's Deputy Minister of Culture between 1954 and 1965.
Among the dozens of plays and screenplays penned by Xia Yan, the most renowned include Under the Eaves of Shanghai (1937) and The Fascist Bacillus (1944).
Today the Xia Yan Film Literature Award is named in his honour.
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