1. Geling Yan is a Chinese-American author and screenwriter.
10 Facts About Geling Yan
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Geling Yan is the second child of Yan Dunxun and Jia Lin.
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Geling Yan's father is an alumnus of the College of Architecture and Urban Planning of Tongji University.
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Geling Yan served in the People's Liberation Army in Chengdu, during the Cultural Revolution in Tibet and later as a journalist in the Sino-Vietnamese War, achieving a rank equivalent to lieutenant colonel.
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Geling Yan is the author of such novels as The Banquet Bug and The Lost Daughter of Happiness, as well as a story collection entitled White Snake and Other Stories.
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Several of Geling Yan's works have been adapted for film, including Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl, which was directed by Joan Chen, and Siao Yu, directed by Sylvia Chang and screenplay co-written by Ang Lee.
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Geling Yan has worked on other scripts including a biography of Mei Lanfang, the Peking opera star, for Chinese director Chen Kaige.
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Geling Yan is a member of the Hollywood Writers Guild of America, the Writer's Association of China, and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
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Geling Yan's ex-husband is Li Kewei; they divorced in the 1990s.
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In 1992, Geling Yan married her second husband Lawrence Walker in San Bruno, California.