Chen Uen
{{Short description|Taiwanese manhua artist}}
{{for|the writer|Cheng Ch'ing-wen}}
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鄭問
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| birth_name = Cheng Chin-wen
鄭進文
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1958|12|27}}
| birth_place = Bade District, Taoyuan, Taiwan
| death_date = {{death date and age|2017|03|26|1958|12|27|df=y}}
| death_place = Xindian District, New Taipei City, Taiwan
| nationality = Taiwanese
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| awards = Japan Cartoonists Association Award, 1991
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Chen Uen ({{zh|t=鄭問|p=Zhèng Wèn}}; 27 December 1958 – 26 March 2017) was a Taiwanese manhua artist. Some of his works include Magical Super Asia, Banzai and The First King. He also worked as an illustrator for Koei's Romance of the Three Kingdoms PS2 game series.
Biography
Born Cheng Chin-wen ({{zh|t=鄭進文|p=Zhèng Jìnwén|labels=no}}) in 1958, he began drawing in the late 1970s,{{cite news|last1=Wu|first1=Po-hsuan|last2=Yang|first2=Yuan-ting|last3=Chin|first3=Jonathan|title=Comic book great Uen Cheng dies|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2017/03/31/2003667813|accessdate=31 March 2017|work=Taipei Times|date=31 March 2017}} and specialized in manga starting in 1984.{{cite news|title=Renowned manga artist Chen Uen passes away at 58|url=http://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=2,6,10,15,18&post=113217|accessdate=31 March 2017|work=Taiwan Today|date=29 March 2017}} Soon after, Chen saw an increase in popularity as media restrictions were relaxed following the Kaohsiung Incident.{{cite news|last1=Chang|first1=Ju-ping|title=55 years of Taiwan comics on show in retrospective|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2000/07/16/0000044025|accessdate=31 March 2017|work=Taipei Times|date=16 July 2000}}
In 1991, Chen was the first foreigner to win an award at the Japanese Cartoonists Association for his work, Heroes of the East Chou Dynasty.{{cite news|last1=Mei|first1=Jia|title=A comic dynamo who draws outside the lines|url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/showbiz/2009-11/10/content_8939737.htm|accessdate=1 April 2017|work=China Daily|date=10 November 2009}}{{cite news|last1=Chen|first1=Christie|title=Comic fans flood Taiwan pavilion at French festival|url=http://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/1827401|accessdate=1 April 2017|work=Taiwan News|agency=Central News Agency|date=30 November 2012}}
He died of a heart attack in 2017, aged 58.
A documentary Inside the Arts: The Profound Aesthetics -- Chen Uen was produced by Public Television Service and won a bronze medal at the 2019 New York Festivals TV & Film Awards.{{cite news |last1=Chiang |first1=Pei-ling |last2=Ko |first2=Lin |title=Documentary on late comic book artist wins award in New York |url=http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aedu/201904120017.aspx |accessdate=12 April 2019 |agency=Central News Agency |date=12 April 2019}}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20071013153520/http://comicart.com.tw/down/3/7-2.htm Chen Uen profile on Comicart] {{in lang|zh}}
- [http://users.skynet.be/mangaguide/au221.html Chen Uen in Ultimate Manga Guide]
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Category:Taiwanese comics artists
Category:Artists from Taoyuan City
Category:People from Bade District
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