Liu Yichang (劉以鬯), Hong Kong author passed away on June 8, 2018. For those who do not think they are familiar with his work here’s a short video celebrating Liu Yichang’s 2014 Hong Kong’s lifetime achievement award. The author’s books, Intersection and The Drunkard, inspired the award-winning films In the Mood for Love and 2046, by director Wong Kar-wai. Liu’s wrote narratives predominantly about working class lives, and is considered the father of modern literature in the city. Liu also discovered and nurtured a number of outstanding Hong Kong-based writers, including late poet Leung Ping-kwan, who went by the pen name Yesi, and author Zhang Yan, also known as Xi Xi.

Liu Yichang, December 7, 1918 – June 8, 2018

Some information paraphrased from a South China Post article here by Su Xinqi.