Аньчи Мин: Қытай-Америкалық жазушының өмірі мен шығармалары

Chinese American author

Anchee Min (; born January 14, 1957, in Shanghai, China) is a Chinese American author who lives in San Francisco and Shanghai. Min has published two memoirs, Red Azalea and The Cooked Seed: A Memoir, and six historical novels. Her fiction emphasizes strong female characters, such as Jiang Qing, the wife of chairman Mao Zedong, and Empress Dowager Cixi, the last ruling empress of China.

Min was born in Shanghai on January 14, 1957. Her parents were both teachers. She was nine years old when the Cultural Revolution began. As a child, she was a member of the Little Red Guards and was made to report her favorite teacher, who was accused of being an anti Maoist, to the authorities. near the East China Sea, where she endured horrific conditions and worked 18 hour days. She eventually won the lead role in a propaganda film inspired by Madame Mao. After moving to the US, Min worked five jobs at the same time and learned English by watching Sesame Street. Min's first husband was a Chinese artist named Qigu Jiang. They had a daughter, Lauryann, who attended Stanford University. According to Min herself, she "lured [Qigu] into marriage, making herself pregnant by him although she knew he did not want a child" and subsequently their marriage fell apart. She filed for divorce in 2014, and it was finalized in 2015. Min graduated from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago with a B. F. A. and M. F. A. in Fine Arts.

Red Azalea (Pantheon Books, 1994, ; a New York Times Notable Book); Random House Digital, Inc., 2011,
The Cooked Seed: A Memoir. Bloomsbury USA, May 7, 2013,