:Chin Shunshin

{{family name hatnote|Chen (or Chin)|}}

{{Short description|Taiwanese and Japanese novelist, translator and cultural critic (1924–2015)}}

{{Infobox writer

| name = Chin Shunshin

| image = SF-Magazine-1963-January-3.jpg

| caption =

| birth_date = {{birth date|1924|2|18|df=y}}

| birth_place = Kobe, Japan

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2015|1|21|1924|2|18}}

| death_place = Kobe, Japan

| nationality = Taiwanese/Japanese

| occupation = writer, critic

| genre = novels, cultural critics

| movement =

| notableworks =

| awards = {{plainlist|

• Naoki Prize
• Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for Literature

}}

| influences =

| influenced =

| native_name = 陳 舜臣

| native_name_lang = jp

}}

{{nihongo|Chin Shunshin or Chen Shunchen|陳 舜臣}} (18 February 1924{{spaced ndash}}21 January 2015){{cite news |url=http://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20150121/j67996010000.html |title=小説家の陳舜臣さん 死去 |date=21 January 2015 |accessdate=21 January 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150121084141/http://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20150121/j67996010000.html |archivedate=21 January 2015 }} was a Taiwanese-Japanese novelist, translator and cultural critic. He is best known for his historical fictions and mystery novels based on Chinese and Asian history, including First Opium War, Chinese History, Ryukyu Wind.{{cite web |url=http://munsa.co.kr/GoodsDetail.asp?CategoryID=&Goodsid=562 |title=전세계 지성인들의 삶을 전하는 문학사상사 |accessdate=2008-08-23 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120715195318/http://munsa.co.kr/GoodsDetail.asp?CategoryID=&Goodsid=562 |archivedate=2012-07-15 }} He won numerous literary awards, including the Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for Literature and the Naoki Prize.