Da Chen

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Da Chen
Da Chen speaking at the North Carolina State University 2007 Convocation

Da Chen (1962 – December 17, 2019) was a Chinese-American author whose works included Colors of the Mountain, Brothers, and Sword. Colors of the Mountain gave rise to a version for young readers, China's Son,[1] and a sequel, Sounds of the River.[2] The Washington Post, San Francisco Chronicle, Miami Herald and Publishers Weekly hailed Brothers as the best book of 2006.[3]

Born in Huangshi, Putian, Fujian, China,[4][5] he grew up in poverty during the Cultural Revolution.[6] His paternal grandfather had owned land, and that wealth attracted the persecution of the Chinese Communist Party.[1] That persecution did not spare the rest of the family, and Chen was expelled from school and sent down to the countryside to do hard labor.[7] Even though the Cultural Revolution denied him much of his formal education, Chen studied for and performed well in the college entrance exams reinstated after the Cultural Revolution.[7] He was admitted to and graduated from Beijing Language and Culture University. After teaching there, he emigrated to the U.S. on a scholarship for Union College in Lincoln, Nebraska. In 1990, he received a J.D. from Columbia Law School,[8][9][10] and he then worked as an investment banker while writing.[7] After the publications of his memoirs, he also taught writing at Fairfield University and New York University.[1]

Chen lived in Southern California with his wife, Sunny, and two children.[5][11] Chen died December 17, 2019, at his home in Temecula, California, from lung cancer.[1]

Bibliography

  • Colors of the Mountain (1999)
  • China's Son: Growing Up in the Cultural Revolution (2001)
  • Sounds of the River: A Memoir (2002)
  • Wandering Warrior (2003)
  • Brothers (2006)
  • My Last Empress (2012)[12]
  • Girl Under a Red Moon (2019)

See also

References

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  11. ↑ The Random House "Author's Spotlight" of Da Chen. Retrieved 23 December 2006.
  12. ↑ Ghosts, grief and great love in China by Da Chen, My Last Empress. Ahram.org. Reprint from Reuters. 18 October 2012. Retrieved 21 October 2012.

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