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Amy Tan’s Biography

Amy Tan’s Biography. Presented by. Linda Ly Kelly Nguyen Jean-Paul Nguyen Candace Solon. Born on February 19, 1952 in Oakland, CA Grew up in San Francisco Finished HS in Switzerland Attended San Jose City College Received Bachelor & Master Degrees in Linguistics at SJSU

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Amy Tan’s Biography

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  1. Amy Tan’s Biography

  2. Presented by Linda Ly Kelly Nguyen Jean-Paul Nguyen Candace Solon

  3. Born on February 19, 1952 in Oakland, CA Grew up in San Francisco Finished HS in Switzerland Attended San Jose City College Received Bachelor & Master Degrees in Linguistics at SJSU Married to Louis DeMattei, an attorney, in 1974 Background

  4. Her first story "Endgame," won her admission to the Squaw Valley writer's workshop The JOY LUCK CLUB, Amy Tan’s first novel, a phenomenal bestseller Achievements

  5. Interview • What is the importance of fiction? • If this collection holds a common thread with regard to my tastes, it is what I think the best of fiction is by its nature and its virtues.  It can enlarge us by helping us notice small details in life.   It can remind us to distrust absolute truths, to dismiss cliches, to both desire and fear stillness, to see the world freshly from closer up or farther away, with a sense of mystery or acceptance, discontent or hope, all the while remembering that there are so many possibilities, and this is only one.  The best stories do change us.  They help us live ineresting lives."

  6. NOVELS: Joy Luck Club The Kitchen God’s Wife The Moon Lady The Chinese Siamese Cat The hundred secret senses The bonesetter’s daughter The Opposite of Fate Achievements

  7. Achievements

  8. Photographs

  9. Books

  10. Books

  11. Amy’s influence Open a window to people who are unfamiliar to Asian Culture “Tan is one of the prime storytellers writing friction today,” according to The Washington Post Book World

  12. References • http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/tan0bio-1 • Books • Joy Luck Club Movie • Sagwa, a PBS series for children

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