Novelist Amy Tan

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Novelist

Amy Tan

Living place: Oakland

Birthday: 19-2-1952 (72 years old)

Population of US 1952: 157,552,740

Global rank: #32209

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Who is Novelist Amy Tan?
Chinese-American Author who is best known for her 1987 novel, The Joy Luck Club. Her other best-selling works include God's Kitchen Wife (1991) and the 1994 book, Sagwa and the Chinese Siamese, which was turned into an animated series.
Her novels often focus on the relationship between mother and daughter.
 
 

Young / Before famous

She attended San Jose State University, where she received her undergraduate and graduate degrees in English and linguistics. She later carried out doctoral work in linguistics at both the University of California-Santa Cruz and the University of California-Berkeley.

Family life info

She was born in Oakland, California to Chinese immigrant parents. She met her husband, attorney Louis DeMattei, on a blind date.

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Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Novelist Amy Tan?
Her most widely recognized novel is The Luck Club Joy, made into a movie starring Russell Wong.

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When was Novelist Amy Tan born?
Amy Tan birthday 19-2-1952 (at the age of 72).
Where is Novelist Amy Tan's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Amy Tan was born in Oakland, California- United States. is a Novelist, whose Zodiac is Pisces, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Dragon. Amy Tan's global rank is 32209 and whose rank is 166 in list of famous Novelist. Population of US in 1952 is about 157,552,740 persons.
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Events in 1952 and 19-2

Events in US in the birth year of Amy Tan

  • US explodes first thermonuclear bomb at Enewetak Island (Nov. 1).
  • President-elect Dwight Eisenhower follows through with his campaign promise to visit Korea (Dec. 2).
  • 56 million watch Richard Nixon's "Checker's speech" on TV.

Birthday Amy Tan (19-2) in history

  • Day 19-2 year 1674:
    The Netherlands and Great Britain signed the Westminster Peace Treaty, under which New Amsterdam was to be transferred to Britain (renamed New York).
  • Day 19-2 year 1807: Aaron Burr, vice president under Thomas Jefferson, was arrested for treason. He was later acquitted.
  • Day 19-2 year 1878: Thomas Edison patented the gramophone (phonograph).
  • Day 19-2 year 1942: President Franklin Roosevelt signed an executive order that resulted in the internment of thousands of Japanese-Americans living on the West Coast.
  • Day 19-2 year 1945: The U.S. Marines went ashore at Iwo Jima.
  • Day 19-2 year 1959: Britain, Turkey, and Greece signed the agreement granting Cyprus independence.
  • Day 19-2 year 1968: The first nationwide broadcast of Mr. Roger's Neighborhood aired on PBS.
  • Day 19-2 year 1997: Deng Xiaoping, Chinese Communist leader, died.
  • Day 19-2 year 2008: Fidel Castro resigned as President of Cuba after 49 years in power. Raúl Castro, Fidel's brother, succeeded him as president.
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