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Gelling yan biography definition
Geling Yan
Chinese-American author and screenwriter (born 1958)
In this Chinese name, the family name is Yan.
Geling Yan (simplified Chinese: 严歌苓; traditional Chinese: 嚴歌苓; pinyin: Yán Gēlíng; born 16 November 1958[1]) is a Chinese-American author and screenwriter.[2]
Early life
Yan was born in Shanghai, China in 1958.
She is the second child of Yan Dunxun and Jia Lin. She has an elder brother Yan Geping (严歌平).[3] Her father is an alumnus of the College of Architecture and Urban Planning of Tongji University.[4]
Yan began performing as a dancer at age 12.
She served in the People's Liberation Army in Chengdu, during the Cultural Revolution in Tibet and later as a journalist in the Sino-Vietnamese War, achieving a rank equivalent to lieutenant colonel.[5]
Yan holds a bachelor's degree in literature from Wuhan University, and a Master's in Fine Arts in Fiction Writing from Columbia College Chicago.