Gish Jen

Lillian Gish, Writer, Stanford Graduate School of Business, University of Iowa, Iowa Writers' Workshop
Herausgegeben:Ozihel, Harding

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Gish Jen (born Lillian Jen, nicknamed for the actress Lillian Gish, in 1955 in Long Island, New York) is a contemporary American writer. Gish Jen is a second generation Chinese American. Her parents emigrated from China in the 1940s, her mother from Shanghai and her father from Yixing. She grew up in Queens, NY, then Yonkers, then Scarsdale. She graduated from Harvard University in 1977 with a BA in English, and later attended Stanford Business School, but dropped out in favor of the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop, where she earned her MFA in fiction in 1983. Several of her short stories have been reprinted in The Best American Short Stories. Her piece "Birthmates", was selected as one of The Best American Short Stories of The Century by John Updike. Her works include four novels: Typical American, Mona in the Promised Land, The Love Wife, and World and Town. She has also written a collection of short fiction, Who's Irish?.

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• Verlag: Alphascript Publishing / Frac Press
• Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 100
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9786138060703
• ISBN-10: 6138060709
• Artikelnr.: 34485809