Amy Ruth Tan (1952-02-19) February 19, 1952 (age 72) Oakland, California, U.S.
Occupation
Writer/author
Education
San Jose State University (BA, MA)
Notable works
The Joy Luck Club (1989), The Bonesetter's Daughter (2001)
Notable awards
National Humanities Medal
Spouse
Lou DeMattei (m. 1974)
Signature
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese
譚恩美
Simplified Chinese
谭恩美
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Tán Ēnměi
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping
Taam4 Jan1mei5
Website
www.amytan.net
Amy Ruth Tan (born February 19, 1952) is an American author best known for her novel The Joy Luck Club (1989), which was adapted into a 1993 film. She is also known for other novels, short story collections, children's books, and a memoir.
Tan has earned a number of awards acknowledging her contributions to literary culture including the National Humanities Medal, the Carl Sandburg Literary Award, and the Common Wealth Award of Distinguished Service.
Tan has written several other novels, including The Kitchen God's Wife (1991), The Hundred Secret Senses (1995), The Bonesetter's Daughter (2001), Saving Fish from Drowning (2005), and The Valley of Amazement (2013). Tan has also written two children's books: The Moon Lady (1992) and The Chinese Siamese Cat (1994), which was turned into an animated series that aired on PBS. Tan's latest book is The Backyard Bird Chronicles (2024), an illustrated account of her experiences with birding and the 2016-era sociopolitical climate.
Amy Ruth Tan (born February 19, 1952) is an American author best known for her novel The Joy Luck Club (1989), which was adapted into a 1993 film. She...
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The Chinese Siamese Cat is a 1994 children's book by AmyTan. It is about a mother siamese cat telling her kittens how they obtained their distinctive...
The Valley of Amazement is a novel by AmyTan. Like many of her works, it deals with mother-daughter relationship and is partly set in historical China...
Saving Fish from Drowning is a 2005 novel written by AmyTan. It is her fifth work. The book is about 12 American tourists who travel to China and Burma...
include Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart (1985), Eat a Bowl of Tea (1989), the AmyTan literary adaptation The Joy Luck Club (1993), Chinese Box (1997), and A...
Hundred Secret Senses is a bestselling 1995 novel by Chinese-American writer AmyTan. It was published by Putnam, and was shortlisted for the 1996 Orange Prize...
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of The World's Shortest Stories, the other in 2004 for her direction of AmyTan in The Opposite of Fate read by the author. In 2010, Garver was honored...
with such authors as Sui Sin Far, Frank Chin, Maxine Hong Kingston, and AmyTan. Chinese American literature deals with many topics and themes. A common...
actress Jane Fonda, comedian Carol Burnett, author Isabel Allende and author AmyTan. Wiser Than Me was the single show named Apple's Best Podcast of the Year...
You're Strange. Jevon Phillips of Los Angeles Times called the episode "AmyTan: Unintended Memoir", "Fantastic." "About the Series - American Masters"...
and by guest editor AmyTan. Kennison, Katrina and Tan, Amy(editors), The Best American Short Stories 1999, New York, 1999. AmyTan Steps Over the Dead...
Booksellers Association convention, and has also included Stephen King, AmyTan, Ridley Pearson, Scott Turow, Mitch Albom, Roy Blount Jr., Barbara Kingsolver...
New York. AmyTan, American author of The Joy Luck Club (1998), The Bonesetter's Daughter (2001), and other critically acclaimed novels. Tan began writing...
Stewart Wallace's The Bonesetter's Daughter, the latter with a libretto by AmyTan based on her book of the same name. The role of Ruth was created for Cao...
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