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Apr.19.2013
Chinese-language TV interview shown on CCTV1 on the program China Talent.
《首席夜话》 严歌苓·拼出来的人生. View the program here.
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Jan.22.2013
Here is a bio in Korean from the Woojin Think Big Korean edition of The Flowers of War, for reference purposes:
옌거링严歌苓
중국 상하이에서 태어난 옌거링은 20대 초반부터 작품을 발표하
기 시작해, 1986년 중국작가협회에 가입했다. 서른 살 무렵에는
미국으로 유학을 떠나 시카고콜롬비아 예술대학에서 석사 학위
를 받았다.
주요 작품으로는『소녀 소어』『여주인』『천욕』『한 여인의 서사
시』등이 있으며,『둬허 이모(小姨多鶴)』(2009)는...
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Dec.27.2012
My husband put together a comprehensive vita for me for administrative purposes. I have not had a chance to check it yet.
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Jun.07.2012
My husband wrote a synopsis of Little Aunt Tatsuru -- Xiao Yi Duo He 小姨多鶴 for a film company. Here it is below for interested readers or potential readers:
Synopsis of Geling Yan's Little Aunt Tatsuru
During the 1930s, Japan occupied Northeast China (Manchuria), where the Japanese...
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Mar.06.2012
Did this for the Jaipur Literature Festival and am blogging it so I know where to find it.
A leading author in Chinese and English, Geling Yan has published over 20 books and won over 30 awards. Her works have been translated into 12 languages and adapted for film, most recently The Flowers...
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Feb.07.2012
After contacting Apple on multiple occasions at AppStoreNotices@apple.com, finally all seven iPad and iPhone apps containing pirated download versions of my novels and short stories were removed, six by Apple and one apparently by the developer himself. Currently one bookstore app, Huanghe...
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Nov.08.2011
The film "The Flowers of War," based on my work, directed by Zhang Yimou and starring Christian Bale, now has a U.S. distributor:
http://collider.com/flowers-of-war-release-date/125352/
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Oct.26.2011
The trailer just came out for The Flowers of War, based on my eponymous novel to be published by Harvill Secker of the UK (Chinese title 金陵十三钗).
Here is the trailer on YouTube.
YouTube is blocked in China, so here it is again on Sina.com.
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Oct.11.2011
My beloved father Xiao Ma passed away in Beijing October 10 at 3:17 p.m., aged 81.
http://arts.ifensi.com/article-440413.html
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Sep.24.2011
The producers of "The Flowers of War," based on my work, have gotten the Chinese government to nominate the film as its entry for the Academy Awards (Oscars) in the competition for Best Foreign Language Film. (Apparently it has enough Chinese to qualify as "foreign language.") This should help in...
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Sep.10.2011
Zhang Yimou played 20 minutes of footage of Flowers of War, based on my Thirteen Flowers of Nanjing (金陵十三钗), to film executives at the Toronto International Film Festival in search of an international distributor.
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118042534
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Jul.15.2011
Article in the China Daily on Chinese fiction breaking into the West. Mentions my work.
The slim years
Chinese authors are still struggling to carve a niche in the global gallery of contemporary literary greats. Chitralekha Basu reports....
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2011-07/15/...
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Jul.06.2011
A few new Chinese-language articles and interviews just came out:
《第九個寡婦》將開拍熒屏再掀“嚴歌苓熱”-娛樂新聞-新浪新聞中心新浪娛樂訊日前，由嚴歌苓改編創作劇本、張藝謀執導的電影《金陵十三釵》已殺青結束 拍攝，另一部嚴歌苓的重要代表作《第九個寡婦》即將開拍。 ...news.sina.com.tw/article/20110705/4529996.html
嚴歌苓:《金陵十三釵》曾反覆修改親戚成原型——中新網嚴歌苓(以下簡稱嚴)：我在和張藝謀導演的合作中發現，確實很多內容都需要重新書寫。重...
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Jul.04.2011
It's difficult getting Chinese films distributed in the West. Los Angeles Times reporters Zietchik and Pierson speculate whether Nanjing Heroes could be the breakthrough film. --------------------Reel China: It's rough out West for Chinese films --------------------
Films that have been...
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May.23.2011
El Pais of Spain published a Spanish-language review of The Ninth Widow (La Novena Viuda).
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About Geling
Geling Yan is one of the most acclaimed contemporary 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...
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