喜福会作者谭恩美英文简介.docx

AmyTan(Chinese:信覃恩美；bornFebruary19,1952)isaChineseAmericanwriterwhoseworksexploremother-daughterrelationships.In1993,Tan,sadaptationofherfirstnovel,TheJoyLuckClub,becameacommerciallysuccessfulfilm.Thebookhasbeentranslatedinto35languages.Tanhaswrittenseveralotherbestsellingnovels,includingTheKitchenGod,SWife,TheHundredSecretSenses,TheBonesetter,sDaughterandSavingFishFromDrowning.Shealsowroteacollectionofnon-fictionessaysentitledTheOppositeofFate:ABookofMusings.HermostrecentnovelSavingFishFromDrowningexploresthetribulationsexperiencedbyagroupofpeoplewhodisappearwhileonanartexpeditioninthejunglesofBurma.Inadditiontothese,Tanhaswrittentwochildren5sbooks:TheMoonLady(1992)andSagwa,theChineseSiameseCat(1994),whichwasturnedintoananimatedseriesairingonPBS.ShealsoappearedonPBSinashortspotencouragingchildrentowrite.PersonallifeAmyTanwasborninOakland,CaliforniatoChineseimmigrantsJohnTan,anelectricalengineerandBaptistminister,andDaisy,whowasforcedtoleaveherthreedaughtersfromapreviousmarriagebehindinShanghai.ThisincidentprovidedthebasisforTan,sfirstnovel,1989NewYorkTimesbestsellerTheJoyLuckClub.工AmyisthemiddlechildandonlydaughteramongDaisyandJohnTan,Sthreechildren.Inthelate1960sAmy,ssixteen-year-oldbrotherPeterdiedofabraintumor.WithinayearofPeter,sdeath,Amy,sfatherdiedofthesamedisease.Afterthesefamilytragedies,DaisymovedAmyandheryoungerbrotherJohnJr.toSwitzerland,whereAmyfinishedhighschool.上Duringthisperiod,Amylearnedabouthermother,sformermarriagetoanabusivemaninChina,andoftheirfourchildren,includingthreedaughtersandasonwhodiedasatoddler.In1987AmytraveledwithDaisytoChina.There,Amyfinallymetherthreehalf-sisters,"kTanreceivedherbachelor,sandmaster,sdegreesinEnglishandlinguisticsfromSanJosdStateUniversity,andlaterdiddoctorallinguisticsstudiesatUCSantaCruzandUCBerkeley.niSheresidesinSausalito,Californiawithherhusband,LouisDeMattei,alawyerwhomshemetonablinddateandmarriedin1974.TanisamemberoftheRockBottomRemainders,arockbandconsistingofpublishedwriters,includingBarbaraKingsolver,MattGroening,DaveBarry,KathiKamenGoldmark,SamBarry(Author),andStephenKing,amongothers.TheJoyLuckClub(1989)isabest-sellingnovelwrittenbyAmyTan.ItfocusesonfourChineseAmericanimmigrantfamiliesinSanFrancisco,CaliforniawhostartaclubknownastheJoyLuckClub,zplayingtheChinesegameofmahjongformoneywhilefeastingonavarietyoffoods.Thebookisstructuredsomewhatlikeamahjonggame,withfourpartsdividedintofoursectionstocreatesixteenchapters.Thethreemothersandfourdaughters(onemother,SuyuanWoo,diesbeforethenovelopens)sharestoriesabouttheirlivesintheformofvignettes.Eachpartisprecededbyaparablerelatingtothegame.In1993,thenovelwasadaptedintoafeaturefilmdirectedbyWayneWang.ThescreenplaywaswrittenbytheauthorAmyTanalongwithRonaldBass.ThenovelwasalsoadaptedintoaplaywhichpremieredatPanAsianRepertoryTheatreinNewYork.Sagwaisthenameofacatinthechildren,sbookSagwa,theChineseSiameseCatbyauthorAmyTan.Sagwa,spopularitywithchildrenpromptedaneducationalanialedSerieSofthesamenameonPBSKids.Intheseries,whichissetcirca1900duringtheQingDynasty,Sagwahasfuninherday-to-daylifewhilelearningandteachingvaluablelifelessons.Theshowisnotableforitssettingandmessagesaboutfamilialobligationsandloyalty.