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Latest News

Apr.29.2013
Article in Shanghai Daily
New article on my TV series "Mother Is Getting Married" in English-...
Apr.19.2013
Chinese-language TV Interview
Interiew on CCTV1's "China Talent": 《首席夜话》 20130414 严歌苓·拼出来的人生 Interview...
Jun.07.2012
"The Flowers of War" Published in Korean
The Korean edition of "The Flowers of War" has just come out, published...
May.17.2012
"Dangerous Liaisons" at the Cannes Film Festival
"Dangerous Liaisons," a film I wrote, will be at the Cannes Film...
Feb.07.2012
Apple Apps with Pirated Works Removed
Apple removed the apps with pirated downloads of my works.  More...
Jan.25.2012
BBC on the Back Story of The Flowers of War
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-16638897
Jan.24.2012
Financial Times Reports on Apple reselling my Pirated Works
Articles in English and Chinese Financial Times. http://www.ft.com/intl/...
Jan.16.2012
Apple's App Store is Reselling Pirated Copies of Ten of my Novels!
More detail here: http://redroom.com/member/geling-yan/press/apple-app-...
Dec.26.2011
Just Won Chinese Fiction Academy's Award for Best Novel of 2011
My novel The Criminal Lu Yanshi won the Chinese Academy of Fiction's...
Dec.20.2011
"Flowers of War" e-Book Available for Pre-Order, Delivery January 17
The English translation of my book "The Flowers of War" is now available...
Dec.17.2011
New York Times Article
NYT article about film "The Flowers of War," with quotes from me on page...
Dec.13.2011
U.S. Trailer for "The Flowers of War"
A U.S. trailer for "The Flowers of War," based on my work, has just been...
Dec.05.2011
"The Flowers of War" to be Published by The Other Press
My novel "The Flowers of War," an English translation of 金陵十三钗 and the...
Nov.10.2011
"Flowers of War": U.S. Release in Late December
"The Flowers of War," to be released December 16 in China, is to be...
Nov.08.2011
The Flowers of War Has a U.S. Distributor
The film "The Flowers of War," based on my work, directed by Zhang Yimou...
Sep.24.2011
"The Flowers of War" is China's Entry for the Academy Awards
China selected Zhang Yimou's film "The Flowers of War," based on my work...
Sep.10.2011
Zhang Yimou Shows 20 Minutes of Footage of "The Flowers of War"
Zhang Yimou showed 20 minutes of The Flowers of War, based on my novel...

PRESS & INTERVIEWS

01.May.2009
Women Changing China
08.Oct.2008
Hungry for More: Geling Yan Serves Up a Tasty Tale of Desire and Corruption in China
12.Mar.2008
People

Published Reviews

The Banquet Bug
Jan.17.2007
The Banquet Bug aka The Uninvited
Published by The Asian Review of Books
Yan leads the readers into a labyrinth of "phoney" things: freelance journalists from phantom newsgroups, flashing cameras that produce no photograph, Chinese equivalent...
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Past Events

Jaipur Literature Festival
Start: 20 Jan 2012 - 9:00 am
End: 24 Jan 2012 - 5:00 pm
Jaipur
LIVING TO TELL THE STORY
Start: 30 Apr 2009 - 3:00 pm
End: 30 Apr 2009 - 4:30 pm
Taipei, Taiwan
為講故事活著
Start: 30 Apr 2009 - 3:00 pm
End: 30 Apr 2009 - 4:30 pm
台北市, Taiwan
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About Geling

Geling Yan is one of the most acclaimed contemporary novelists and screenwriters writing in the Chinese language today and a well-established writer in English. Born in Shanghai, she served with the People's Liberation Army (PLA) during the Cultural...
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Causes Geling Yan Supports

Chinese-American Mental Health Network...