What is Da Chen?
[[File:Da Chen 8-20-2007 (cropped).JPG|right|200px]] '''Da Chen''' (1962 – December 17, 2019) was a Chinese novelist. His works included ''Brothers,'' ''China's Son,'' ''Sounds of the River,'' ''Sword,'' and ''Colors of the Mountain.'' ''Brothers'' was awarded best book of 2006 by ''[[The Washington Post]]'', ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]'', ''[[Miami Herald]]'' and ''[[Publishers Weekly]]''.<ref>[http://www.fairfield.edu/cas/mfa_faculty.html MFA in Creative Writing - Faculty] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110910141123/http://www.fairfield.edu/cas/mfa_faculty.html |date=10 September 2011 }} - Fairfield University</ref> Chen was born in [[Huangshi, Putian]], [[Fujian]], [[China]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Chen|first=Da|title=A Montanha e o Rio|year=2006|publisher=Nova Fronteira|location=Rio de Janeiro|isbn=978-85-209-1992-7|pages=dust jacket|language=Portuguese}}<!--|accessdate=23 June 2011--></ref> Chen died December 17, 2019 at his home in [[Temecula, California]] from [[lung cancer]] at the age of 57.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://time.com/5755285/da-chen-colors-mountain-dies/ |title=Colors of the Mountain Author Da Chen Dies at 57 |access-date=2019-12-25 |archive-date=2019-12-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191225235324/https://time.com/5755285/da-chen-colors-mountain-dies/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==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)<ref>[http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/18/108/55944/Books/World/Ghosts,-grief-and-great-love-in-China-by-Da-Chen.aspx Ghosts, grief and great love in China by Da Chen] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191225100002/http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/18/108/55944/Books/World/Ghosts,-grief-and-great-love-in-China-by-Da-Chen.aspx |date=2019-12-25 }}, ''My Last Empress''. Ahram.org. Reprint from Reuters. 18 October 2012. Retrieve