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==Career==
==Career==
===Works===
===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 (1994 film)|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''.<ref>https://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2014/07/07/writing-china-yan-geling-the-criminal-lu-yanshi/</ref> She has worked on other scripts including a biography of [[Mei Lanfang]], the Peking opera star, for Chinese director [[Chen Kaige]].
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 (1994 film)|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''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2014/07/07/writing-china-yan-geling-the-criminal-lu-yanshi/|title = Writing China: Yan Geling, 'The Criminal Lu Yanshi'|newspaper = Wall Street Journal|date = 7 July 2014}}</ref> She has worked on other scripts including a biography of [[Mei Lanfang]], the Peking opera star, for Chinese director [[Chen Kaige]].


===Novels in English===
===Novels in English===
* ''The Banquet Bug'' (written in English, published as ''The Uninvited'' in the UK)<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/books/2006/dec/09/featuresreviews.guardianreview13</ref>
* ''The Banquet Bug'' (written in English, published as ''The Uninvited'' in the UK)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2006/dec/09/featuresreviews.guardianreview13|title=Review: The Uninvited by Geling Yan|date=9 December 2006}}</ref>
* ''The Lost Daughter of Happiness'' (tr. Cathy Silber, Chinese title ''Fusang'' 《扶桑》)<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/books/01/05/13/bib/010513.rv122843.html</ref>
* ''The Lost Daughter of Happiness'' (tr. Cathy Silber, Chinese title ''Fusang'' 《扶桑》)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/01/05/13/bib/010513.rv122843.html|title=The Lost Daughter of Happiness}}</ref>
* ''The Flowers of War'' (tr. [[Nicky Harman]], Chinese title ''Jinling shisan chai'' 《金陵十三钗》)<ref>https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/nanjing-requiem-by-ha-jinthe-flowers-of-war-by-geling-yan-trans-nicky-harman-6291808.html</ref>
* ''The Flowers of War'' (tr. [[Nicky Harman]], Chinese title ''Jinling shisan chai'' 《金陵十三钗》)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/nanjing-requiem-by-ha-jinthe-flowers-of-war-by-geling-yan-trans-nicky-harman-6291808.html|title = Nanjing Requiem, by Ha JinThe Flowers of War, by Geling Yan|date = 19 January 2012}}</ref>
* ''Little Aunt Crane'' (tr. [https://paper-republic.org/translators/tyldesley-esther/ Esther Tyldesley], Chinese title ''Xiaoyi Duohe'' 《小姨多鶴》)<ref>https://www.amazon.co.uk/Little-Aunt-Crane-Geling-Yan/dp/1846555906</ref>
* ''Little Aunt Crane'' (tr. [https://paper-republic.org/translators/tyldesley-esther/ Esther Tyldesley], Chinese title ''Xiaoyi Duohe'' 《小姨多鶴》)<ref>https://www.amazon.co.uk/Little-Aunt-Crane-Geling-Yan/dp/1846555906</ref>
*''The Criminal Lu Yanshi'' (adapted into a movie, titled ''[[Coming Home (2014 film)|Coming Home]]'')《陆犯焉识》
*''The Criminal Lu Yanshi'' (adapted into a movie, titled ''[[Coming Home (2014 film)|Coming Home]]'')《陆犯焉识》
* ‘’The Secret Talker’’ <ref> https://www.harpercollins.com/products/the-secret-talker-geling-yan?variant=32231859191842</ref>
* ‘’The Secret Talker’’ <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.harpercollins.com/products/the-secret-talker-geling-yan?variant=32231859191842|title = The Secret Talker}}</ref>


===Novels in Chinese===
===Novels in Chinese===
* ''芳华（Youth）'' <ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/14/movies/youth-review.html</ref>
* ''芳华（Youth）'' <ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/14/movies/youth-review.html|title = Review: In 'Youth,' the People's Dance Troupe, in Love and War|newspaper = The New York Times|date = 14 December 2017|last1 = Kenny|first1 = Glenn}}</ref>


===Short stories in English===
===Short stories in English===
* ''The Landlady'' (tr. [https://paper-republic.org/lawrencewalker/ Lawrence A. Walker])<ref>http://granta.com/the-landlady/</ref>
* ''The Landlady'' (tr. [https://paper-republic.org/lawrencewalker/ Lawrence A. Walker])<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://granta.com/the-landlady/|title = The Landlady|date = 21 September 2015}}</ref>
* ''Disappointing Returns'' (tr. [https://paper-republic.org/davehaysom/ David Haysom])<ref>https://paper-republic.org/pubs/read/disappointing-returns/</ref>
* ''Disappointing Returns'' (tr. [https://paper-republic.org/davehaysom/ David Haysom])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://paper-republic.org/pubs/read/disappointing-returns/|title = Read Paper Republic: Disappointing Returns}}</ref>
* ''White Snake and Other Stories'' (tr. Lawrence A. Walker)<ref>http://store.auntlute.com/White-Snake-p228.html</ref>
* ''White Snake and Other Stories'' (tr. Lawrence A. Walker)<ref>http://store.auntlute.com/White-Snake-p228.html</ref>


Revision as of 05:48, 24 July 2021

In this Chinese name, the family name is Yan.
Yan Geling
Yan at Frankfurt bookfair 2014
Yan at Frankfurt bookfair 2014
Born严歌苓
(1958-11-16) 16 November 1958 (age 66)
Shanghai, China
OccupationNovelist, screenwriter
NationalityAmerican
Alma materWuhan University
Columbia College Chicago
Notable worksA Woman's Epic
SpouseLi Kewei
(?-1990s)
Lawrence Walker
(1992-)
Children1

Geling Yan (simplified Chinese: 严歌苓; traditional Chinese: 嚴歌苓; pinyin: Yán Gēlíng; born 16 November 1958[1]) is a Chinese-American author and screenwriter.[2]

Early life

Yan was born in Shanghai, China in 1958. She is the second child of Yan Dunxun and Jia Lin. She has an elder brother Yan Geping (严歌平).[3] Her father is an alumnus of the College of Architecture and Urban Planning of Tongji University.[4]

Yan began performing as a dancer at age 12. She served in the People's Liberation Army in Chengdu, during the Cultural Revolution in Tibet and later as a journalist in the Sino-Vietnamese War, achieving a rank equivalent to lieutenant colonel.[5]

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.[6] 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)[7]
  • The Lost Daughter of Happiness (tr. Cathy Silber, Chinese title Fusang 《扶桑》)[8]
  • The Flowers of War (tr. Nicky Harman, Chinese title Jinling shisan chai 《金陵十三钗》)[9]
  • Little Aunt Crane (tr. Esther Tyldesley, Chinese title Xiaoyi Duohe 《小姨多鶴》)[10]
  • The Criminal Lu Yanshi (adapted into a movie, titled Coming Home)《陆犯焉识》
  • ‘’The Secret Talker’’ [11]

Novels in Chinese

  • 芳华（Youth） [12]

Short stories in English

Title

She is a member of the Hollywood Writer's Guild of America, the Writer's Association of China, and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

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 San Bruno, California. Walker is a diplomat. They have no biological children together, but have adopted a Chinese girl, Yanyan.[16]

References

  1. ^ Date information sourced from Library of Congress Authorities data, via corresponding WorldCat Identities linked authority file (LAF).
  2. ^ Hille, Kathrin (January 19, 2012). "Novelist threatens Apple with US lawsuit". Retrieved February 20, 2018.
  3. ^ 严歌苓： 翻手苍凉 覆手繁华 Retrieved 2017-01-14
  4. ^ “家”系列之严歌苓 Retrieved 2017-01-14
  5. ^ Ng, I-ching (October 31, 2004). "Yan Geling". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  6. ^ "Writing China: Yan Geling, 'The Criminal Lu Yanshi'". Wall Street Journal. 7 July 2014.
  7. ^ "Review: The Uninvited by Geling Yan". 9 December 2006.
  8. ^ "The Lost Daughter of Happiness".
  9. ^ "Nanjing Requiem, by Ha JinThe Flowers of War, by Geling Yan". 19 January 2012.
  10. ^ https://www.amazon.co.uk/Little-Aunt-Crane-Geling-Yan/dp/1846555906
  11. ^ "The Secret Talker".
  12. ^ Kenny, Glenn (14 December 2017). "Review: In 'Youth,' the People's Dance Troupe, in Love and War". The New York Times.
  13. ^ "The Landlady". 21 September 2015.
  14. ^ "Read Paper Republic: Disappointing Returns".
  15. ^ http://store.auntlute.com/White-Snake-p228.html
  16. ^ 严歌苓：做一个在美国畅销的中国作家 Retrieved 2017-01-14
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