Wang Dulu

The author, Wang Dulu, is recognised as one of the foremost exponents of the Chinese literary form of the wuxia genre and is best known in the West as the author of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Ang Lee's 1999 film version became the highest-grossing foreign language production of all time, and won four Academy Awards. It’s sequel, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny was released by Netflix in 2016 and grossed US$20.8 million on its opening weekend.