Amy-tan-谭恩美

单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,Amy Tan,General introduction,Amy Tan is an American writer whose works explore mother-daughter relationships.,Born in Oakland,California,(February 19,1952),Chinese name:谭恩美,She is the second of three children and the only daughter born to Chinese immigrants Daisy(ne Li),who was forced to leave her three daughters from a previous marriage behind in Shanghai.This incident provided the basis for Tans first novel,1989,New York Times,bestseller,The Joy Luck Club,喜福会,，which has been translated into 35 languages.In 1993,the book was adapted into a commercially successful movie.,When Tan was 15 years old1967,her older brother Peter and father both died of brain tumors 脑瘤within a year of each other.Daisy moved Amy to Switzerland,where Amy finished high school.During this period,Amy learned about her mother”s former marriage to an abusive man in China,and of their four children,including three daughters and a son who died as a toddler幼童.,Tans Marriage,She resides in Sausalito,California with her husband,Louis DeMattei,a tax accountant whom she met on a blind date and married in 1974.,In 1987,Amy traveled with Daisy to China.There,she met her three half-sisters.Tan received her bachelors and masters degrees in English and linguistics from San Jos State University加州圣何塞城市大学,and later did doctoral linguistics studies at UC Santa Cruz加州大学圣克鲁兹分校 and UC Berkeley伯克利分校.,novels,The Joy Luck Club(1989)喜福会,The Kitchen Gods Wife(1991)灶神之妻,The Hundred Secret Senses(1995)百种奇异的感觉,The Bonesetter”s Daughter 接骨师之女(2023),Saving Fish from Drowning 漂移之鱼(2023),Children”s books,The Moon Lady,月亮夫人,illustrated by Gretchen Schields(1992),Sagwa,the Chinese Siamese Cat,中国暹罗猫,illustrated by Gretchen Schields(1994),The Joy Luck Club,The Joy Luck Club(1989)is a best-selling novel written by Amy Tan.It focuses on four Chinese American immigrant families in San Francisco,California who start a club known as“the Joy Luck Club”,playing the Chinese game of mahjong麻将 for money while feasting on a variety of foods.It is about the generation gap between mothers and daughters and the tragic experience during Anti-Janpanese War.,In 1994,the book was adapted into a commercially successful movie.,It was directed by Wang Ying 王颖,About,The Joy Luck Club,In 1993,this novel was adapted into a feature movie.,This screenplay was written by the author Amy Tan along with Ronald Bass.,The novel was also adapted into a play,by Susan Kim,which premiered at Pan Asian Repertory Theatre in New York.,Writing Style,Tan is the author to explore to relationships between the mother and the daughter.Most of her fiction,the conflict between parents and children can be visible everywhere.,Tan portrays the discrimination from the American to the Ethnic Chinese women.,Most of her writing materials came from her own experience,her family,comparing the culture of China and USA.,Awards,Finalist National Book Award 入围国家图书奖,Finalist Los Angeles Times Fiction Prize 入围洛杉矶时报小说奖,American Library Associations Best Book for Young Adults,New York Times Notable Book 纽约时报著名图书,Finalist for the Orange Prize 入围橘子奖,Nominated for the Orange Prize 被提名橘子奖,Audie Award:Best Non-fiction,Abridged,Parents Choice Award,Best Television Program for Children,Academy of Achievement,Golden Plate Award 金盘奖,Thank you!,No.17,