Biography
Chen Gexin (Chinese: 陳歌辛; pinyin: Chén Gēxīn; Wade–Giles: Ch'en Ko-hsin; September 19, 1914 — January 25, 1961) was a Chinese popular music songwriter. He also used the pen names Lín Méi (林枚) and Qìng Yú (慶餘). Chen Gexin was beaten to death in his sleep during the Anti-Rightist Campaign. Chen was born on September 19, 1914, to a low social status family, and his wealthy maternal Indian grandfather was the only survivor of the British colonial destructions in India. He married his admirer and student Jin Jiaoli, against her Korean family's wishes in 1935. During World War II, he was jailed by the Japanese puppet regime for his patriotic songs. Chen and his family moved to Hong Kong after the war ended.
With the Communist seizure of power in China in 1949, popular music was considered ideologically suspect and Chen was labeled a rightist and imprisoned in a laogai for "reform through labor" at Baimiaoling Farm, Anhui, in 1957, there he befriended a journalist named Ai Yi.
According to an essay and reports by Ai Yi, Chen Gexin was beaten to death during the Anti-Rightist Campaign. He was buried in the mass grave at the hill near the farm. A year later, Chen's widow Jin Jiaoli went there with a box to search through the dead bodies in a vain effort to collect his remains.
He was rehabilitated in 1979.
Filmography
all 14
Movies 14
The Radish Comes Back (1959)
Pull the Radish (1957)
情长谊深 (1957)
The Conceited General (1956)
Cut the Evil’s Claw (1954)
Sorrows of the Forbidden City (1948)
Song of a Songstress (1948)
Lion-Hearted Warriors (1948)
Waste Not Our Youth (1948)
长相思 (1947)
An All-Consuming Love (1947)
四美图 (1947)
Feng Huang Yu Fei (1944)
两代女性 (1943)
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Known ForSound
GenderMale
Birthday1914-09-19
Deathday1961-01-25 (46 years old)
Birth PlaceNanhui District, People's Republic of China
ChildrenChen Gang
CitizenshipsPeople's Republic of China
Also Known As陳歌辛, 陈歌辛, Chen Ge-Xin, Chen Gexin, Chan Ko-San, Чэнь Гэсинь, Гэсинь Чэнь
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