Chu Tʻien-wen (Chinese: 朱天文; born 24 August 1956) is a Taiwanese fiction writer.

[citation needed] She was born to one of the most prestigious literary family in contemporary Taiwan.

[1] Chu weaves an eclectic tapestry of culture through the personal history and musings of her mentor.

[7] Some of her notable novels are Fin-de-Siècle Splendour (世紀末的華麗, 1990), Notes of a Desolate Man (荒人手記, 1994), and Witch's Brew (巫言, 2008).

Chu was named the winner of the 2015 Newman Prize for Chinese Literature for Fin-de-Siècle Splendour, making her the first female writer to win the award.