Geling Yan (simplified Chinese: ???; traditional Chinese: ???; pinyin: Yán G?líng; born 16 November 1958) is a prominent Chinese-American writer, author of several novels, short stories and screenplays. Much of her work has been adapted for film. She is currently represented by the Hong Kong-based Peony Literary Agency.
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Early life
Yan was born in Shanghai, China in 1959. She is the second child of Yan Dunxun and Jia Lin. She has an elder brother Yan Geping (???). Her father is an alumnus of the College of Architecture and Urban Planning of Tongji University.
Yan began performing as a dancer at age 12. She served in the People's Liberation Army during the Cultural Revolution, in Tibet and later as a journalist in the Sino-Vietnamese War, achieving a rank equivalent to lieutenant colonel.
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Career
Works
Her first novel was published in 1985. She is the author of such novels as The Banquet Bug (published as The Uninvited in the UK) and The Lost Daughter of Happiness, as well as a story collection entitled White Snake and Other Stories. Several of Yan's works have been adapted for film, including Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl, which was directed by Joan Chen, and Siao Yu, directed by Sylvia Chang and screenplay co-written by Ang Lee. Zhang Yimou, the Chinese director of To Live and Raise the Red Lantern adapted her novella 13 Flowers of Nanjing to the screen as The Flowers of War, and his movie Coming Home was based on Yan's novel The Criminal Lu Yanshi. She has worked on other scripts including a biography of Mei Lanfang, the Peking opera star, for Chinese director Chen Kaige.
Novels in English
- The Banquet Bug (written in English, published as The Uninvited in the UK)
- The Lost Daughter of Happiness (tr. Cathy Silber, Chinese title Fusang ????)
- The Flowers of War (tr. Nicky Harman, Chinese title Jinling shisan chai ???????)
- Little Aunt Crane (tr. Esther Tyldesley, Chinese title Xiaoyi Duohe ??????)
- The Criminal Lu Yanshi (adapted into a movie, titled Coming Home)
Novels in Chinese
- ??(Youth)
Short stories in English
- The Landlady (tr. Lawrence A. Walker)
- Disappointing Returns (tr. David Haysom)
- White Snake and Other Stories (tr. Lawrence A. Walker)
Title
She is a member of the Hollywood Writer's Guild of America and the Writer's Association of China.
Education background
Yan holds a bachelor's degree in literature from Wuhan University, and a Master's in Fine Arts in Fiction Writing from Columbia College Chicago.
Personal life
Yan's ex-husband is Li Kewei; they divorced in the 1990s. In 1992, Yan married her second husband Lawrence Walker in Los Angeles. Walker is a diplomat. They have no biological children together, but have adopted a little Chinese girl,Yanyan.
References
External links
- Geling Yan's website
- Geling Yan at Peony Literary Agency
- Geling Yan profile at Paper Republic
- Geling Yan on IMDb
- Book Browse Biography
- Works by or about Geling Yan in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
- https://web.archive.org/web/20080121031733/http://www.redroom.com/author/geling-yan
- Yan Geling Video produced by Makers: Women Who Make America
- Geling Yan on BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour, 19 November 2015 (07:18 to 15:55)
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