Zhou Shoujuan

Zhou Shoujuan 周瘦鵑 (30 June 1895 – 11 August 1968), born Zhou Zufu, courtesy name Guoxian, also known by his English name Eric Chow, was a Chinese novelist, screenwriter, literary editor, and English–to-Chinese literary translator.

[1] Zhou has introduced the works of Daniel Defoe, Charles Dickens, Mark Twain, Washington Irving, Harriet Beecher Stowe and many others to Chinese readers.

[2] In September 1913, Zhou was the editor of Unfettered Talk, a supplement of Shenbao.

[3] Zhou wrote hundreds of stories and some film scripts.

During the Chinese Cultural Revolution and on August 11, 1968, Zhou committed suicide by jumping into a well hours after a struggle session against him.