- Born
- March 10, 1924
- Died
- October 30, 2018 (aged 94)
- Place of birth
- Haining, Zhejiang, China
- Also known as
- Jin Yong, 金庸, 查良鏞, Louis Cha Leung Yung
- Titles
- 71 titles
Biography
Louis Cha Jing-yong (Chinese: 查良鏞) (10 March 1924 – 30 October 2018), better known by his pen name Jin Yong (金庸), was a Chinese wuxia novelist and essayist who co-founded the Hong Kong daily newspaper Ming Pao in 1959 and served as its first editor-in-chief. He was Hong Kong's most famous writer.
