Anchee Min | |||||||
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| Born | January 14, 1957 Shanghai, China | ||||||
| Occupation | Author | ||||||
| Citizenship | American | ||||||
| Education | School of the Art Institute of Chicago | ||||||
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| Children | 1 | ||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 闵安琪 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 閔安琪 | ||||||
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Anchee Min (simplified Chinese: 闵安琪; traditional Chinese: 閔安琪; pinyin: Mǐn Ānqí; born January 14, 1957, in Shanghai, China) is a Chinese-American author who lives in San Francisco and Shanghai. Min has published two memoirs, Red Azalea and The Cooked Seed: A Memoir, and six historical novels. Her fiction emphasizes strong female characters, such as Jiang Qing, the wife of chairman Mao Zedong, and Empress Dowager Cixi, the last ruling empress of China.