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Yan Xia(1900-1995)

  • Writer
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Yan Xia was born on 30 October 1900 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China. Yan was a writer, known for Ge ming jia ting (1960), Children of Troubled Times (1935) and The Lin Family Shop (1959). Yan died on 6 February 1995 in Beijing, China.
BornOctober 30, 1900
DiedFebruary 6, 1995(94)
BornOctober 30, 1900
DiedFebruary 6, 1995(94)
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Known for

Ge ming jia ting (1960)
Ge ming jia ting
6.5
  • Writer
  • 1960
Children of Troubled Times (1935)
Children of Troubled Times
6.1
  • Writer
  • 1935
The Lin Family Shop (1959)
The Lin Family Shop
7.2
  • Writer
  • 1959
Gu yuan chun meng (1964)
Gu yuan chun meng
7.2
  • Writer
  • 1964

Credits

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Writer

  • Pei Wang, Zaibao Yang, Fa Zhang, Manfang Zhu, Tai Kang, Bu Xu, Yi Qin, and Zhecheng Xu in Shanghai wu yan xia (1982)
    Shanghai wu yan xia
    TV Mini Series
    • play
    • 1982
  • Red Crag (1965)
    Red Crag
    6.6
    • screenplay
    • 1965
  • Gu yuan chun meng (1964)
    Gu yuan chun meng
    7.2
    • screenplay
    • 1964
  • Ge ming jia ting (1960)
    Ge ming jia ting
    6.5
    • Writer
    • 1960
  • The Lin Family Shop (1959)
    The Lin Family Shop
    7.2
    • screenplay
    • 1959
  • New Year Sacrifice (1956)
    New Year Sacrifice
    6.9
    • Writer
    • 1956
  • Lian ai zhi dao (1949)
    Lian ai zhi dao
    • writer
    • 1949
  • Baiyun Guxiang (1940)
    Baiyun Guxiang
    • Writer
    • 1940
  • Ya sui qian (1937)
    Ya sui qian
    6.1
    • Writer
    • 1937
  • Ziyou shen (1935)
    Ziyou shen
    • Writer
    • 1935
  • Children of Troubled Times (1935)
    Children of Troubled Times
    6.1
    • Writer
    • 1935
  • Nü er jing (1934)
    Nü er jing
    6.5
    • Writer
    • 1934
  • Qian cheng (1933)
    Qian cheng
    • Writer
    • 1933
  • Shi dai de er nu
    7.0
    • writer
    • 1933
  • Shanghai Over 24 Hours (1933)
    Shanghai Over 24 Hours
    • Writer
    • 1933

Personal details

  • Born
    • October 30, 1900
    • Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
  • Died
    • February 6, 1995
    • Beijing, China

Did you know

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    Xia Yan, who had organised clandestine Communist cells in the Shanghai studios of the 30s, became the head of the Bureau of Cinema in the new PRC for 15 years from 1951 through 1966, at which point he was a victim of the repressive Cultural Revolution.

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