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Anchee Min

Author of Empress Orchid

Includes the names: Achee Min, Min Anchee, Anchee Minn

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Anchee Min was born in Shanghai in 1957. At seventeen she was sent to a labor collective, where after a number of years a talent scout recruited her for Madame Mao's Shanghai Film Studio. Her highly acclaimed memoir, "Red Azalea," was named a New York Times Notable Book and was an international bestseller, with rights sold in twenty countries. Min lives in California with her husband and daughter. She will be featured at the Ubud Writers and Readers Festival 2015 program. (Publisher Provided) — biography from Empress Orchid… (more)
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Canonical name
Min, Anchee
Legal name
閔安琪
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Min Anqi
Date of birth
1957-01-14
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female
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China
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Shanghai, China
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Shanghai, China
San Francisco Bay Area, California, USA
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Lofthouse, Lloyd (husband)
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