Amy tan biography wikipedia tagalog

(1952-)

Who Is Amy Tan?

Amy Tan is a Chinese American writer and novelist.

Amy tan biography wikipedia tagalog

In 1985, she wrote the story "Rules of the Game," which was the foundation for her first novel The Joy Luck Club. The book explored the relationship between Chinese women and their Chinese-American daughters.

It received the Los Angeles Times Book Award and was translated into 25 languages.

Early Life and Education

Tan was born on February 19, 1952, in Oakland, California. Tan grew up in Northern California, but when her father and older brother both died from brain tumors in 1966, she moved with her mother and younger brother to Europe, where she attended high school in Montreux, Switzerland.

She returned to the United States for college, attending Linfield College in Oregon, San Jose City College, San Jose State University, the University of California at Santa Cruz and the University of California at Berkeley.

'The Joy Luck Club'

After college, Tan worked as a language deve