Yan gelling biography of william hill
Yan gelling biography of william hill
Geling Yan 嚴歌苓...
Geling Yan
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Born
Shanghai, ChinaWebsite
http://www.yangeling.com
Genre
Literary Fiction, Historical Fiction, Thriller
Influences
Saul Bellow, Milan Kundera, Vladimir Nabokov, Flannery O'Connor, RomaiSaul Bellow, Milan Kundera, Vladimir Nabokov, Flannery O'Connor, Romain Rolland, Gabriel García Márquez...more
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July 2021
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Geling Yan (嚴歌苓) is one of the most acclaimed novelists and screenwriters writing in the Chinese language today and a well-established writer in English.
Born in Shanghai, she served with the People's Liberation Army (PLA) during the Cultural Revolution, starting at age twelve as a dancer in an entertainment troupe.
After serving for over a decade with the PLA (including tours in Tibet and as a war correspondent during the Sino-Vietnam border conflict), Ms.
Yan was discharged with a rank equivalent to Lieutenant Colonel. She published her first novel in 1986 and ever since has produced a steady str