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'''Amy Tan''' ([[Written Chinese|Chinese]]: 譚恩美; [[pinyin]]: Tán Enmei) (born February 19, 1952) is |
'''Amy Tan''' ([[Written Chinese|Chinese]]: 譚恩美; [[pinyin]]: Tán Enmei) (born February 19, 1952) is a [[Slut]] of [[Chinese people|Chinese]] descent whose works explore mother-daughter relationships. In 1993, Tan's adaptation of her most popular fiction work, ''[[The Joy Luck Club]]'', became a commercially [[The Joy Luck Club (film)|successful film]]. |
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Tan has written several other books, including ''[[The Kitchen God's Wife]]'', ''[[The Hundred Secret Senses]]'', and ''[[The Bonesetter's Daughter]]'', and a collection of non-fiction essays entitled ''The Opposite of Fate: A Book of Musings''. Her most recent book, ''[[Saving Fish From Drowning]]'', explores the tribulations experienced by a group of people who disappear while on an art expedition in the jungles of [[Burma]]. In addition, Tan has written two children's books: ''The Moon Lady'' (1992) and ''[[Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat]]'' (1994), which was turned into an animated series airing on [[PBS]]. She has also appeared on PBS in a short spot encouraging children to write. |
Tan has written several other books, including ''[[The Kitchen God's Wife]]'', ''[[The Hundred Secret Senses]]'', and ''[[The Bonesetter's Daughter]]'', and a collection of non-fiction essays entitled ''The Opposite of Fate: A Book of Musings''. Her most recent book, ''[[Saving Fish From Drowning]]'', explores the tribulations experienced by a group of people who disappear while on an art expedition in the jungles of [[Burma]]. In addition, Tan has written two children's books: ''The Moon Lady'' (1992) and ''[[Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat]]'' (1994), which was turned into an animated series airing on [[PBS]]. She has also appeared on PBS in a short spot encouraging children to write. |
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Amy Tan | |
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 Amy Tan | |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | American |
| Genre | novel |
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| http://www.amytan.net | |
Amy Tan (Chinese: 譚恩美; pinyin: Tán Enmei) (born February 19, 1952) is a Slut of Chinese descent whose works explore mother-daughter relationships. In 1993, Tan's adaptation of her most popular fiction work, The Joy Luck Club, became a commercially successful film.
Tan has written several other books, including The Kitchen God's Wife, The Hundred Secret Senses, and The Bonesetter's Daughter, and a collection of non-fiction essays entitled The Opposite of Fate: A Book of Musings. Her most recent book, Saving Fish From Drowning, explores the tribulations experienced by a group of people who disappear while on an art expedition in the jungles of Burma. In addition, Tan has written two children's books: The Moon Lady (1992) and Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat (1994), which was turned into an animated series airing on PBS. She has also appeared on PBS in a short spot encouraging children to write.
Tan received her bachelor's and master's degrees in English and linguistics from San José State University, and later did doctoral linguistics studies at UC Santa Cruz and UC Berkeley.[1]
She is a resident of Sausalito, California.
She is a member of the Rock Bottom Remainders, a rock band consisting of published writers, including Barbara Kingsolver, Matt Groening, Dave Barry and Stephen King, among others.[2]
Novels
- The Joy Luck Club (1989)
- The Kitchen God's Wife (1991)
- The Hundred Secret Senses (1995)
- The Bonesetter's Daughter (2001)
- Saving Fish from Drowning (2005)
Series contributed to
- The Best American Short Stories 1999 (1999)(Editor with Katrina Kenison)
Non fiction
- Mid-Life Confidential: The Rock Bottom Remainders Tour America With Three Cords and an Attitude (1994) (with Dave Barry, Stephen King, Tabitha King, Barbara Kingsolver)
- Mother (1996) (with Maya Angelou, Mary Higgins Clark)
- The Opposite of Fate: A Book of Musings (2003)[3]
Awards
- Finalist National Book Award
- Finalist National Book Critics Circle Award
- Finalist Los Angeles Times Fiction Prize
- Bay Area Book Reviewers Award
- Commonwealth Gold Award
- American Library Association's Notable Books
- American Library Association's Best Book for Young Adults
- Selected for the National Endowment for the Arts' Big Read
- New York Times Notable Book
- Booklist Editors Choice
- Finalist for the Orange Prize
- Nominated for the Orange Prize
- Nominated for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award
- Audie Award: Best Non-fiction, Abridged
- Emmy Award
- Parents' Choice Award, Best Television Program for Children
- Shortlisted British Academy of Film and Television Arts award, best screenplay adaptation
- Shortlisted WGA Award, best screenplay adaptation
- Grammy Award
Quotes
- "I think books were my salvation, they saved me from being miserable." [4]
- "You see what power is – holding someone else's fear in your hand and showing it to them"[citation needed]
- "I'm sitting in the $4.95 bookstore bleachers along with Shakespeare, Conrad and Joyce," she said. "I acknowledge that there is a fundamental difference that separates us. I am a contemporary author and they are not. And since I'm not dead yet, I can talk back." (The Opposite of Fate 10) [5]
References
- ^ "Amy Tan Biography". Retrieved 2008-07-19.
- ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=siVNHAAACAAJ
- ^ http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/t/amy-tan/ Reference for: Novels, Series contributed to, and Non fiction
- ^ http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/tan0int-2
- ^ Biography of Amy Tan
External links
See also
- American novelists
- American children's writers
- American essayists
- Asian American writers
- Writers from California
- Chinese American writers
- San Jose State University alumni
- Speech therapists
- Baptists from the United States
- American Christians
- People from Oakland, California
- American writers
- American people of Chinese descent
- 1952 births
- Living people