What is Amy Tan?
{{Infobox writer | name = Amy Tan | image = Amy Tan Portrait 2 (2704552927).jpg | image_size = | caption = | pseudonym = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|2|19}} | birth_place = [[Oakland, California]], USA | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Writer | nationality = Chinese-American | genre = Novel | subject = | movement = | notableworks = [[The Joy Luck Club]] | signature = | website = {{url|http://amytan.net/}} }} {{Infobox Chinese |c=譚恩美 |p=Tán Enmei |cy=Taam Yanmei }} '''Amy Tan''' (born February 19, 1952<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.biography.com/people/amy-tan-9542574|title=Amy Tan Biography|access-date=17 January 2013}}</ref>) is an [[Americans|American]] [[writer]]. Her works deal with mother-daughter [[relationship]]s. Her most well-known work is ''[[The Joy Luck Club]]''. It has been [[translation|translated]] into 35 [[language]]s. In 1993, a [[The Joy Luck Club (movie)|movie]] was made based on the book. Tan has written several other novels. These include ''[[The Kitchen God's Wife]]'', ''[[The Hundred Secret Senses]]'', ''[[The Bonesetter's Daughter]]'' and ''[[Saving Fish from Drowning]]''. She also wrote a collection of [[non-fiction]] [[essays]] entitled ''The Opposite of Fate: A Book of Musings.'' Her novel ''[[Saving Fish from Drowning]]'' explores the problems dealt with by a group of people who disappear while on an [[art]] [[expedition]] in the [[jungles]] of [[Burma]]. Tan has also written two children's books: ''The Moon Lady'' (1992) and ''[[Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat]]'' (1994). ''Sagwa'' was turned into an [[animation|animated]] [[television series|series]] which [[broadcast|aired]] on [[PBS]]. She also appeared on PBS in a short spot encouraging children to write. <!--Early life-->She is a child of Chinese immigrants: John and Daisy Tan. ==Related pages== *[[List of Chinese writers]] ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{commonscat-inline}}<br/> {{wikiquote-inline}}