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{{Short description|Hong Kong lyricist and writer}}
{{EngvarB|date=April 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}}
{{Infobox person
| name               = Lin Xi
| image              = Albert Leung in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 2013.JPG
| alt                =
| caption            = Lin in 2013
| native_name        = {{nobold|林夕}}
| native_name_lang   = zh
| other_names        = God of Lyrics (詞神)
| birth_name         = Leung Wai Man (梁偉文)
| birth_date         = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1961|12|7}}
| birth_place        = [[British Hong Kong]]
| citizenship        = {{unbulleted list|[[Hong Kong]]|[[Taiwan]]<ref name="FTV News" />}}
| alma_mater         = [[University of Hong Kong]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])
| occupation         = {{hlist|Lyricist|writer}}
| awards             = {{unbulleted list|'''[[Golden Needle Award]]'''|2008 Lifetime Achievement}}
| module             = {{Infobox Chinese|child=yes
| name1              = Chinese name
| c      = {{linktext|林|夕}}
| p      = Lín Xī
| j      = Lam4 Zik6
| altname            = Birth name
| t2     = {{linktext|梁|偉|文}}
| s2     = {{linktext|梁|伟|文}}
| j2     = Loeng4 Wai5man4
}}
| module2            = {{Infobox musical artist
| embed  = yes
| alias  = Lam Zik
| origin = Hong Kong
| genre  = {{hlist|[[Cantopop]]|[[Mandopop]]}}
}}
}}
'''Albert Leung Wai Man''' ({{zh|s=梁伟文|t=梁偉文|j=Loeng4 Wai5 Man4}}, born 7 December 1961),<ref>{{cite web |title=金曲34》陳奕迅、王菲御用填詞人！「香港詞神」林夕買房炒股致富：錢財到某一個數字就沒關係了|url=https://www.businesstoday.com.tw/article/category/183034/post/202306170026/|website=今周刊|access-date=2024-03-22|language=zh-tw}}</ref> better known by his pen name '''Lin Xi''' ({{zh|t=林夕|j=Lam4 Zik6}}),<ref>{{Cite web |date=2009-04-09 |title=Lin Xi |url=https://www.scmp.com/magazines/hk-magazine/article/2030434/lin-xi |access-date=2024-04-28 |website=South China Morning Post |language=en}}</ref> is a [[Hongkongers|Hong Kong]] lyricist and writer. Since 2017, he has been blacklisted in mainland China for his support for the democracy movement in Hong Kong.<ref>{{Cite web |last=香港經濟日報HKET |title=又封殺？ 介紹林憶蓮演出歌曲 《歌手》刪填詞人林夕 - 香港經濟日報 - 中國頻道 - 即時中國 |url=https://china.hket.com/article/1659939 |access-date=2024-04-28 |website=香港經濟日報HKET |language=zh-Hant}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=林夕名字內地被消失變「佚名」 惹網民熱議 (17:19) - 20200102 - SHOWBIZ |url=https://ol.mingpao.com/ldy/showbiz/latest/20200102/1577956026841/%e6%9e%97%e5%a4%95%e5%90%8d%e5%ad%97%e5%85%a7%e5%9c%b0%e8%a2%ab%e6%b6%88%e5%a4%b1%e8%ae%8a%e3%80%8c%e4%bd%9a%e5%90%8d%e3%80%8d-%e6%83%b9%e7%b6%b2%e6%b0%91%e7%86%b1%e8%ad%b0 |access-date=2024-04-28 |website=明報 Our Lifestyle |language=zh-hant}}</ref>
==Education==
[[File:AlbertLeung2007 (cropped).jpg|thumb|Leung in 2007]]
Leung attended all-boy secondary schools in [[Kowloon]] at [[Chan Sui Ki (La Salle) College]] and [[La Salle College]]. He received a [[Bachelor of Arts|bachelor of arts]] with a major in [[translation studies]] from the [[University of Hong Kong]] in 1984.
==Career==
He has been a lyricist since 1985. His pen name, 林夕, comes from the last name of lyricist Richard Lam and the simplified character {{linktext|梦}} (meaning "dream").
He has written over 4,000 song lyrics.<ref>{{cite news |title=每個人心中都有一首「林夕」：這10大詞神近期作品，哪首最得你心？ |url=https://www.thenewslens.com/article/18522 |access-date=13 February 2020 |work=The News Lens |date=August 2015 |language=zh |archive-date=13 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200213084848/https://www.thenewslens.com/article/18522 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=【填詞30年作品逾3500首】林夕作品遭內地封殺 大量香港歌手受影響 |url=https://hk.nextmgz.com/article/2_709502_0 |access-date=13 February 2020 |work=壹週刊 |date=2019-11-22 |language=zh |archive-date=13 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200213090350/https://hk.nextmgz.com/article/2_709502_0 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=數據解讀作詞之王–林夕 |url=https://udn.com/upf/newmedia/2015_data/20150622_linxi/index.html |website=联合新闻网 |access-date=13 February 2020 |language=zh |archive-date=13 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200213084851/https://udn.com/upf/newmedia/2015_data/20150622_linxi/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> He is well known for composing lyrics very quickly. On [[TVB]]'s show ''[[Be My Guest (talk show)|Be My Guest]]'', he admitted that his fastest record for writing the complete lyrics to a song is 45 minutes.
He is most notable for writing lyrics for [[Leslie Cheung]], [[Faye Wong]], [[Eason Chan]], and [[Miriam Yeung]].
He composed the lyrics for one of the theme songs of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, "[[Beijing Welcomes You]]", performed by a panoply of popular Chinese singers.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cnhan.com/gb/content/2008-08/04/content_913621.htm |title=Hanwang: Why is "Beijing Welcomes You" so popular? |access-date=23 May 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923205035/http://www.cnhan.com/gb/content/2008-08/04/content_913621.htm |archive-date=23 September 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2014, he described the experience as a "blemish" of his life for serving as an official mouthpiece.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-12-25 |title=香港著名填詞人林夕「被舉報」 廣西大學取消交流活動 |url=https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/trad/china/2015/12/151225_hongkong_lin_xi_cancellation |access-date=2024-04-28 |website=BBC News 中文 |language=zh-hant}}</ref>
He has also published over ten books, including his essays and poems.
After the 2014 [[Umbrella Movement]], he relocated to Taiwan and became a citizen in 2021.<ref name="FTV News">{{Cite news |date=June 2022 |title=「詞神」林夕定居台灣多年　終吐露香港移民心聲：自由選擇的真愛！ |url=https://www.ftvnews.com.tw/news/detail/2022628W0201 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240218090457/https://www.ftvnews.com.tw/news/detail/2022628W0201 |archive-date=18 February 2024 |access-date=18 February 2024 |work=FTV News}}</ref> Since 2017, he has been blacklisted in mainland China and criticized by state media for his support for the Hong Kong democracy movement. In November 2019, over thousands of songs written by him were taken down from online music stores, some of which were restored later.<ref name="scrap">{{Cite web|url=https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3823249|title=China scraps over 3,000 songs by HK lyricist Albert Leung for his speech in Taiwan: report|date=2019-11-23|access-date=2019-12-11|archive-date=11 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191211082416/https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3823249|url-status=live}}</ref>
== Personal Life ==
Leung was raised a Christian but converted to Buddhism, while he also has an interest in Taoism, especially ''[[Tao Te Ching]]''. He often incorporates Buddhist and Taoist ideas into his lyrics.
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[[Category:1961 births]]
[[Category:Alumni of the University of Hong Kong]]
[[Category:Alumni of St. John's College, University of Hong Kong]]
[[Category:Cantopop artists]]
[[Category:Faye Wong]]
[[Category:Hong Kong Buddhists]]
[[Category:Hong Kong lyricists]]
[[Category:Hong Kong writers]]
[[Category:Living people]]