Yan succeed

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Yan Geling ( Chinese  严歌苓 , Pinyin Yán Gēlíng , born November 16, 1958 in Shanghai ) is a Chinese writer and screenwriter . She is a citizen of the United States.

Yan Geling Book Fair 2014 (02)

biography

Yan Geling was born in Shanghai in 1958. Her father was a well-known writer. Her grandfather had a doctorate in the United States and taught in Xiamen as a professor. He was a well-known translator. As a child, Yan Geling loved music and dance. At the age of twelve she was accepted as a ballet dancer in an entertainment troupe of the People's Liberation Army . She toured all of China. In 1979 she was transferred to the front in the Sino-Vietnamese War . She was released from normal military service as a member of a creative group and wrote the novels "Green Blood" and "Whispering of a Soldier" during this time. Both novels were published by the People's Liberation Army in the 1980s and received awards. In 1981 the film "Herzenssaite", whose screenplay was written by Yan Geling, was released.

In 1986, Yan Geling became a member of the Chinese Writers' Association and met her first husband, Li Kewei. Like Yan Geling, Li Kewei was the child of a writer and a writer himself. They separated because Yan Geling emigrated to the USA and Li Kewei to Australia. In 1989, Yan Geling went to the USA. She studied literary writing at Columbia University and earned a Masters of Arts degree. In the early 1990s she met her second husband, the diplomat Lawrence Walker.

Through her own experience of being a stranger and the tough student jobs she used to finance her studies, she became interested in the life stories of Chinese immigrants to the United States. "Miss Xiaoyu", "Fusang" and other novels and stories were created that revolved around this topic. "Fusang" was released in 1986 in Taiwan. The story "Miss Xiaoyu" received an award from the Taiwanese newspaper Central Daily. It was made into a film by Sylvia Chang . Ang Lee produced the film and co-wrote the script with Sylvia Chang. The film was released in 1995 in Taiwan. Another story by Yan Geling served as a template for the film "Xiu Xiu The Sent Down Girl". The director was Joan Chen . The film was shown in the competition at the Berlinale 1998.

2001 "Fusang" appeared in the USA under the title "The Lost Daughter of Happiness" and became a bestseller. Since 2000 her works have appeared in the People's Republic of China and Taiwan. They have been translated into different languages. Her works have received numerous awards. In 2004, Yan Geling went to Africa with her husband for several years. There was a volume of essays entitled "African Jottings". Many of her works have been used as models for television series and films. The television series were broadcast on various channels in the People's Republic of China. Zhang Yimou , Chen Kaige and Feng Xiaogang made films based on their novels.

In 2018 she was appointed to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences , which awards the Oscars every year.

Works (selection)

In the publishing house of the People's Liberation Army

  • Green Blood 绿 血 1985
  • Whispers of a Woman Soldier 一个 女兵 的 悄悄话 1987
  • Female Grasslands 雌性 的 草地 1989

First published in Taiwan, later published in mainland

  • Straw-Sandaled Nobility 草鞋 权贵 1995
  • The Lost Daughter of Happiness 扶桑 1996
  • The Human Realm 人寰 1998
  • No Exit Café 无 出路 咖啡 馆 2001
  • The Secret Talker 密 语 着 2004

Works that served as templates for television series

  • A Woman's Epic 一个 女人 的 史诗 released in 2012,
    television series of the same name with 34 episodes, first broadcast in 2009
  • The Ninth Widow 第九 个 寡妇 published in 2008.
    TV series of the same name with 33 episodes, first broadcast in 2012
  • Little Aunt Tatsuru 小姨 多 鹤 released in 2008,
    television series of the same name with 36 episodes, first broadcast in 2009
  • Iron Pear Blossoms 铁 梨花 novel by Yan Geling's father Xiao Ma revised by Yan Geling, published in 2010,
    television series of the same name, 43 episodes, first broadcast in 2010
  • Happiness Comes Knocking 幸福 来 敲门 novel by Yan Geling, published in 2011,
    television series of the same name with 46 episodes, first broadcast in 2011
  • Mama is Getting Married 娘 要 嫁人 Roman by Yan Geling, published in 2013,
    television series of the same name with 46 episodes, first broadcast in 2013

Publications in the US and UK

  • The Lost Daughter of Happiness 扶桑 2001
    was on the Los Angeles Times bestseller list in 2002,
    translated into several languages
  • Little Aunt Crane 小姨 多 鹤 2016
  • The Banquet Bug 2006
    written
    in English in Great Britain published under the title "The Uninvited"
    translated into several languages
  • The Flowers of War 金陵 十三 钗 2013
    translated into several languages ​​a
    . a. also in German under the title "Die Mädchen von Nanking"

cinemamovies

  • The Flowers of War金陵十三钗as a book published in 2007
    under the same title filmed by Zhang Yimou theatrical release in 2011
  • The Criminal Lu Yanshi 陆 犯 焉 识 was published as a book in 2011 and
    filmed under the title 归来 Coming Home by Zhang Yimou, released in 2014
  • Youth 芳华 was published as a book in 2017
    under the same title and was filmed by Feng Xiaogang Kinostart 2017

Novels and short stories

  • The Sojourner 寄居 者 2009
  • Buyu's Mountain Hostel 补 玉山 居 2012
  • Macau is a City 妈 阁 是 座 城 2014
  • My Beautiful Teacher 老师 好 美 2014
  • African Jottings 非洲 手记 2016
  • Shanghai Dancing Man 上海 舞男 2016

literature

  • Yan succeed. The girls from Nanking. Munich: Knaus 2012.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 父亲 眼中 的 严歌苓 1. February 2002 in 人民网 (Chinese). Retrieved November 30, 2017
  2. ↑ a b c 张惠清. 文学 的 “吉普赛人” 严歌苓. In: 金秋, 2017 (07) pp. 25/26 accessed via cross asia on November 4, 2017
  3. ↑ 严歌苓 的 前夫 严歌苓 的 现任 丈夫 老公 (Chinese) Retrieved on January 27, 2018
  4. ↑ 访谈 编剧 严歌苓 首 谈 电影 《梅兰芳》
  5. ↑ DILLEY, Whitney. The Cinema of Ang Lee: The Other Side of the Screen. New York: Wallflower Press 2015. p. 46
  6. ↑ IMDB
  7. ^ Archive of the Berlinale
  8. ↑ ELLEY, Derek. Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl. March 2, 1998 (English) Retrieved January 29, 2018
  9. ↑ Academy invites 928 to Membersphip . In: oscars.org (accessed June 26, 2018).
  10. ↑ 一个 女人 的 史诗 Roman in Baidu Baike (Chinese). Retrieved February 1, 2018
  11. ↑ 一个 女人 的 史诗 TV series on Baidu Baike (Chinese) accessed on February 1, 2018
  12. ↑ 第九 个 寡妇 Roman in Baidu Baike (Chinese) Retrieved February 1, 2018
  13. ↑ 第九 个 寡妇 TV series on Baidu Baike (Chinese) accessed February 1, 2018
  14. ↑ 小姨 多 鹤 Roman in Baidu Baike (Chinese) accessed on 02/01/18
  15. ↑ 小姨 多 鹤 TV series on Baidu Baike (Chinese) accessed February 1, 2018
  16. ↑ 铁 梨花 Roman in Baidu Baike (Chinese) accessed on February 1, 2018
  17. ↑ 铁 梨花 TV series on Baidu Baike (Chinese) accessed on February 1, 2018
  18. ↑ 幸福 来 敲门 Roman in Baidu Baike (Chinese) Retrieved February 1, 2018
  19. ↑ 幸福 来 敲门 TV series on Baidu Baike (Chinese) accessed February 1, 2018
  20. ↑ 娘 要 嫁人 Roman in Baidu Baike (Chinese) Retrieved February 1, 2018
  21. ↑ 娘 要 嫁人 TV series on Baidu Baike (Chinese) accessed February 1, 2018
  22. ↑ 金陵 十三 钗 in 百度 百科 (Chinese). Retrieved November 5, 2017
  23. ↑ CHANG, Justin. The Flowers of War in Variety, December 11, 2011 (English). Retrieved November 1, 2017
  24. ↑ LEE, Maggie. “Cannes Film Review: 'Coming Home'” in: Variety May 21, 2014 (English) accessed on January 29, 2018
  25. ↑ LEE, Maggie. Toronto Film Review: 'Youth' "in Variety September 9, 2017 (English). Retrieved January 29, 2018
  26. ↑ The translations of the titles into English follow those on Yan Geling's website.
Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Chinese. Yan is the family name here, Geling is the first name.
personal data
SURNAME Yan, succeed
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 严歌苓 (Chinese); Yán, Gēlíng (Pinyin)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Chinese-American writer and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH November 16, 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Shanghai