Amy Tan

Amy Tan (Chinese: 譚恩美; pinyin: T?n Ēnměi) (born February 19, 1952) is a Chinese American author. Citing her mother as "her inspiration...," Tan uses traditional Chinese customs clashing with American customs as the main foundation for her works.

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Tan is best known for the critically acclaimed The Joy Luck Club, a book made into a feature film in which Tan was a director. She also wrote several other books, including The Kitchen God's Wife, The Hundred Secret Senses and The Bonesetter's Daughter. Her most recent book is a collection of non-fiction essays, entitled '. In addition, she has written two children's books The Moon Lady (1992) and The Chinese Siamese Cat (1994). She has appeared on a short spot on PBS encouraging children to write.

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Born in Oakland, California to John (a Baptist minister) and Daisy (Shanghai nurse), Tan was fourteen when her father and elder brother died of brain tumours. With her mother and younger brother Peter, Tan moved to Montreux, Switzerland shortly afterward. She received a master's degree in linguistics at San Jose State University and her first job was as a children's speech therapist.

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Tan's mother Daisy witnessed her mother committing suicide, and Amy believed that her grandmother, her mother and herself all suffered from depression. Tan currently takes Zoloft to treat her bouts of serious depression http://www.salon.com/12nov1995/feature/tan2.html. In 1985, after her psychiatrist fell asleep for the third time during one of their sessions, Tan quit therapy and took up fiction writing instead.

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Since turning 40, Tan has been a member of the garage band Rock Bottom Remainders with Stephen King and Dave Barry. She married Lou DeMattei in 1974.

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Pinyin: Pinyin (??, p?ny?n) literally means "join (together) sounds" (a less literal translation being "phoneticize", "spell" or "transcription") in Chinese and usually refers to H?ny? P?ny?n (????, literal meaning: "Han language pinyin"), which is a system of romanization (phonemic notation and transcripti...

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