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Da Chen (1962 – December 17, 2019) was a Chinese-American author whose works included Colors of the Mountain, Brothers, and Sword. Colors of the Mountain gave rise to a version for young readers, China's Son, [1] and a sequel, Sounds of the River. [2] The Washington Post, San Francisco Chronicle, Miami Herald and Publishers Weekly hailed Brothers as the best book of 2006. [3]
Born in Huangshi, Putian, Fujian, China, [4] [5] he grew up in poverty during the Cultural Revolution. [6] His paternal grandfather had owned land, and that wealth attracted the persecution of the Chinese Communist Party. [1] That persecution did not spare the rest of the family, and Chen was expelled from school and sent down to the countryside to do hard labor. [7] Even though the Cultural Revolution denied him much of his formal education, Chen studied for and performed well in the college entrance exams reinstated after the Cultural Revolution. [7] He was admitted to and graduated from Beijing Language and Culture University. After teaching there, he emigrated to the U.S. on a scholarship for Union College in Lincoln, Nebraska. In 1990, he received a J.D. from Columbia Law School, [8] [9] [10] and he then worked as an investment banker while writing. [7] After the publications of his memoirs, he also taught writing at Fairfield University and New York University. [1]
Chen lived in Southern California with his wife, Sunny, and two children. [5] [11] Chen died December 17, 2019, at his home in Temecula, California, from lung cancer. [1]
Bibliography
- Colors of the Mountain (1999)
- China's Son: Growing Up in the Cultural Revolution (2001)
- Sounds of the River: A Memoir (2002)
- Wandering Warrior (2003)
- Brothers (2006)
- My Last Empress (2012) [12]
- Girl Under a Red Moon (2019)
See also
References
- ^ a b c d Maughan, Shannon (January 2, 2020). "Obituary: Da Chen". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved July 30, 2020.
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^ Charles, Eleanor (January 19, 2003).
"The Guide". The New York Times.
ISSN
0362-4331. Retrieved July 30, 2020.
Da Chen to Give Talk[...]His memoir is titled, Color of the Mountain, and its sequel is Sounds of the River.
- ^ MFA in Creative Writing - Faculty Archived 10 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine - Fairfield University
- ^ Chen, Da (2006). A Montanha e o Rio (in Portuguese). Rio de Janeiro: Nova Fronteira. pp. dust jacket. ISBN 978-85-209-1992-7.
- ^ a b "Da Chen » Biography". dachen.org. Archived from the original on August 2, 2018. Retrieved September 19, 2016.
- ^ Kirch, Claire (May 31, 2019). "BookExpo 2019: Sisterhood Is Powerful for Children's Book Authors". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved July 30, 2020.
- ^ a b c Rogers, John (December 24, 2019). "'Colors of the Mountain' author Da Chen dies at 57". Associated Press. Retrieved July 30, 2020.
- ^ "Da Chen". albany.edu. Retrieved September 19, 2016.
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^
"Biographies/Autobiographies/Memoirs" (PDF). Tucson-Pima County Library. p. 1. Archived from
the original (PDF) on January 2, 2017. Retrieved September 19, 2016.
Da Chen recently graduated from Columbia Law School on a full scholarship.
- ^ "Summer Reading Recommendations". columbia.edu. Archived from the original on October 9, 2016. Retrieved September 19, 2016.
- ^ The Random House "Author's Spotlight" of Da Chen. Retrieved 23 December 2006.
- ^ Ghosts, grief and great love in China by Da Chen, My Last Empress. Ahram.org. Reprint from Reuters. 18 October 2012. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
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Da Chen (1962 – December 17, 2019) was a Chinese-American author whose works included Colors of the Mountain, Brothers, and Sword. Colors of the Mountain gave rise to a version for young readers, China's Son, [1] and a sequel, Sounds of the River. [2] The Washington Post, San Francisco Chronicle, Miami Herald and Publishers Weekly hailed Brothers as the best book of 2006. [3]
Born in Huangshi, Putian, Fujian, China, [4] [5] he grew up in poverty during the Cultural Revolution. [6] His paternal grandfather had owned land, and that wealth attracted the persecution of the Chinese Communist Party. [1] That persecution did not spare the rest of the family, and Chen was expelled from school and sent down to the countryside to do hard labor. [7] Even though the Cultural Revolution denied him much of his formal education, Chen studied for and performed well in the college entrance exams reinstated after the Cultural Revolution. [7] He was admitted to and graduated from Beijing Language and Culture University. After teaching there, he emigrated to the U.S. on a scholarship for Union College in Lincoln, Nebraska. In 1990, he received a J.D. from Columbia Law School, [8] [9] [10] and he then worked as an investment banker while writing. [7] After the publications of his memoirs, he also taught writing at Fairfield University and New York University. [1]
Chen lived in Southern California with his wife, Sunny, and two children. [5] [11] Chen died December 17, 2019, at his home in Temecula, California, from lung cancer. [1]
Bibliography
- Colors of the Mountain (1999)
- China's Son: Growing Up in the Cultural Revolution (2001)
- Sounds of the River: A Memoir (2002)
- Wandering Warrior (2003)
- Brothers (2006)
- My Last Empress (2012) [12]
- Girl Under a Red Moon (2019)
See also
References
- ^ a b c d Maughan, Shannon (January 2, 2020). "Obituary: Da Chen". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved July 30, 2020.
-
^ Charles, Eleanor (January 19, 2003).
"The Guide". The New York Times.
ISSN
0362-4331. Retrieved July 30, 2020.
Da Chen to Give Talk[...]His memoir is titled, Color of the Mountain, and its sequel is Sounds of the River.
- ^ MFA in Creative Writing - Faculty Archived 10 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine - Fairfield University
- ^ Chen, Da (2006). A Montanha e o Rio (in Portuguese). Rio de Janeiro: Nova Fronteira. pp. dust jacket. ISBN 978-85-209-1992-7.
- ^ a b "Da Chen » Biography". dachen.org. Archived from the original on August 2, 2018. Retrieved September 19, 2016.
- ^ Kirch, Claire (May 31, 2019). "BookExpo 2019: Sisterhood Is Powerful for Children's Book Authors". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved July 30, 2020.
- ^ a b c Rogers, John (December 24, 2019). "'Colors of the Mountain' author Da Chen dies at 57". Associated Press. Retrieved July 30, 2020.
- ^ "Da Chen". albany.edu. Retrieved September 19, 2016.
-
^
"Biographies/Autobiographies/Memoirs" (PDF). Tucson-Pima County Library. p. 1. Archived from
the original (PDF) on January 2, 2017. Retrieved September 19, 2016.
Da Chen recently graduated from Columbia Law School on a full scholarship.
- ^ "Summer Reading Recommendations". columbia.edu. Archived from the original on October 9, 2016. Retrieved September 19, 2016.
- ^ The Random House "Author's Spotlight" of Da Chen. Retrieved 23 December 2006.
- ^ Ghosts, grief and great love in China by Da Chen, My Last Empress. Ahram.org. Reprint from Reuters. 18 October 2012. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
| People | |
| Other | |
|
| This article about a United States biographer is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- 1962 births
- 2019 deaths
- American male writers
- Columbia Law School alumni
- People's Republic of China emigrants to the United States
- American writers of Chinese descent
- Writers from Fujian
- People from Putian
- Beijing Language and Culture University alumni
- Sent-down youths
- Deaths from lung cancer in California
- American biographer stubs