Adeline Yen Mah
Adeline Yen Mah ( Chinese 馬 嚴君玲 / 馬 嚴君玲 , Pinyin Mǎ Yán Jūnlíng , born Yen 嚴 / 嚴 , Yán ; born November 30, 1937 in Tianjin , Republic of China ) is a Chinese-American writer.
Adeline Yen Mah wrote a book, Fallende Blätter , in which she dealt with her terrible childhood. She is married to Bob Mah, with whom she has a daughter, Ann. She also has a son, Roger, from her previous husband. She lives in the USA.
Publications
- Fallende Blätter (orig: Falling leaves return to their roots ), 1999, Munich, Zurich, Diana-Verlag, ISBN 3-8284-5023-7 .
- Chinese Cinderella: The True story of an Unwanted Daughter , 1993.
- The origin of ten thousand things: the spiritual world of China (orig .: Watching the tree ), 2003, Munich, Deutscher Taschenbuchverlag, ISBN 3-423-24345-7 .
- One Written Word is Worth a Thousand Pieces of Gold. A memoir of china's Past through its Proverbs , Harper Collins Publishers, London, England 2003, ISBN 0-00-712451-1 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Adeline Yen Mah in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Yen Mah, Adeline |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 馬 嚴君玲 (Chinese); Mǎ Yán, Jūnlíng (Pinyin) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Chinese-American writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 30, 1937 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tianjin , Republic of China |