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Amy Tan

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American novelist

United StatesWritersBorn 1952 · age 74
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Amy Ruth Tan is an American author best known for her novel The Joy Luck Club (1989), which was adapted into a 1993 film. She is also known for other novels, short story collections, children's books, and a memoir.

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Amy Tan
said · 2013
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I would never require anyone to read any book. That seems antithetical to why we read - which is to choose a book for our personal reasons.

interview (2013)

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Amy Tan
said · Jun 28, 1996
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Reading for me was a refuge. I could escape from everything that was miserable in my life and I could be anyone I wanted to be in a story, through a character.

Interview in Sun Valley, Idaho (28 June 1996), with images, audio and video

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Amy Tan
said · Jun 28, 1996
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External success has to do with people who may see me as a model, or an example, or a representative.

Interview in Sun Valley, Idaho (28 June 1996), with images, audio and video

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Awards 3

2021National Humanities Medal
2011California Hall of Fame
2006Asian/Pacific American Awards for Literature

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About this person

Country
United States
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
living
Dates
Born 1952 · age 74
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30 languages

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