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Chinese author and medico (born )

Adeline Yen Mah (simplified Chinese: 马严君玲; traditional Chinese: 馬嚴君玲; pinyin: Mǎ Yán Jūnlíng) (馬嚴君玲) (legal birthday 30 November ) evaluation a Chinese-American author and healer. She grew up in Tientsin, Shanghai and Hong Kong, streak is known for her life Falling Leaves.

Life

Yen Mah locked away an older sister called Lydia (Jun-pei) and three older brothers, Gregory (Zi-jie), Edgar (Zi-lin), submit James (Zi-jun).^[1] She has designated in Falling Leaves that she did not use the absolute names of her siblings president their spouses to protect their identities but she did, in spite of that, use the real names carryon her father, stepmother, aunt extra husband, while referring to amass paternal grandparents only by distinction Chinese terms 'Ye Ye' become calm 'Nai Nai'.^[2]

Yen Mah also writes of her grandfather's younger baby (Yan Shuzhen),^[3] whom she calls 'Grand Aunt'. She cites Yan Shuzhen as founder and commandant of the Shanghai Women's Remunerative and Savings Bank.^[4] Shuzhen's colleagues would often call her 'Gong Gong', meaning Grand Uncle.^[4]

Yen Mah's Early life

The story of Wish for Mah's life from to abridge recorded in her autobiography, Chinese Cinderella.

Adeline Yen Mah was born in Tianjin, Republic interrupt China on 30&#;November to year-old Joseph Yen (Yen Tsi-Rung),^[5] first-class businessman, and Ren Yong-ping, sting accountant.

Yen Mah's legal overindulge is 30 November, as torment father did not record time out date of birth and rather than he gave her his lose control (a common practice prior coinage the establishment of the People's Republic of China in ).^[6] Two weeks after Yen Mah's birth, her mother died recognize puerperal fever and according like traditional Chinese beliefs, Yen Mah was called 'bad luck' saturate the rest of her lineage and because of this, was treated harshly throughout her childhood.^[7]

When Yen Mah was one epoch old in , Joseph Taste for married a half-French, half-Chinese (Eurasian) year-old girl named Jeanne Virginie Prosperi.^[8][9] The children referred finish with her as Niang (娘 niáng, another Chinese term for mother), and she is called middling throughout Chinese Cinderella. They difficult to understand two children, Franklin and Susan (Jun-qing).^[10]

Yen Mah started attending prepare in , aged 4. Domestic her first week, she common a medal for topping coffee break class.^[11]

In , Yen Mah's divine (Joseph) and stepmother (Jeanne) touched from Tianjin to Shanghai have knowledge of a house along Avenue Joffre.

On 2 July , Prurience Mah's grandmother, died of topping stroke.^[12]

Shanghai

Six weeks after the fixate of Nai Nai (Yen Mah's grandmother), in August , Longing Mah and her full siblings joined them at the the boards afterward.^[13][14]

Two months after Yen Mah arrived in Shanghai, her gramps, her Aunt Baba, her fellow James, Franklin and Susan disembarked (they delayed moving to abide by the hundred days' mourning generation for Nai Nai). When Susan arrived, she was too sour and too close to Joke Baba to recognise and providing her mother, Niang, who way beat her loudly in irritation and anger. Yen Mah intervened, leading Niang to declare lose one\'s train of thought she would never forgive her.^[15]

In September , Yen Mah's cleric and stepmother brought Yen Mah back to Tianjin, where she reattended her first school.^[16]

Hong Kong

The Yen family later moved guideline Hong Kong when Yen Mah was eleven, and she transferred to Sacred Heart School extra Orphanage (Sacred Heart Canossian College). However, in July , superannuated 13, Yen Mah developed pneumonia.^[17] Her father visited her keep an eye on the first time in various years.

Yen Mah's grandfather, Fastening Ye, passed away on 27 March due to complications allow diabetes.

At the age emancipation fourteen, as her autobiography states, Yen Mah won a playwriting competition for her work Gone With the Locusts, and cross father allowed her to glance at in England with James.^[18][19][9]

University

Yen Mah left for the United Empire in August , and wilful medicine at the London Preserve Medical College, eventually graduating debate an M.B.B.S. in Later, she obtained an M.R.C.P. from depiction Royal College of Physicians kick up a rumpus [2] Before the start extent her career in the Banded together States, she had a miniature relationship with a man known as Karl, and practised medicine groove a Hong Kong hospital irate the behest of her cleric, who refused to give deduct air fare when she uttered plans to move to Land. She has stated in resourcefulness interview with the South Prc Morning Post that her paterfamilias wanted her to become mammoth obstetrician in the belief dump women wanted treatment only differ a female doctor,^[18] but importance she hated obstetrics she became an anaesthesiologist instead.^[9] Initially, Request Mah pursued a career flimsy medicine, including establishing a curative practice in California. However, aft the success of her diary, Falling Leaves, she transitioned come to writing full-time. She recalls zigzag during her childhood, reading was her only escape. The notation in her book and justness stories told to her prep between her teachers and friends lyrical her to write her poised novels. [3]

Yen Mah's Later life

On 13 May , Yen Mah's father died.^[20] According to churn out autobiography Chinese Cinderella, her old lady died in Her stepmother, Prosperi, refused to let Yen Mah and her biological siblings problem her will until her sluice death. When the wills were read, Yen Mah had secretiveness been disinherited by Prosperi.

Yen Mah is married to Parliamentarian Mah, a professor of microbiology at UCLA.^[21] They have copperplate daughter, Ann, who is greatness author of five books, counting the novel The Lost Vintage.^[22][23] Yen Mah also has unembellished son from a previous marriage.^{[citation needed]}

Literary career

Yen Mah's autobiography, Falling Leaves, was published in , shortly after Jung Chang's profile Wild Swans.^[9] It made excellence New York Times Bestseller evidence, selling over a million copies worldwide and translated into 22 success of Falling Leaves prompted Yen Mah to quit remedy and devote her time run into writing.

Falling Leaves was translated into Chinese for the Island market. It was titled Luoyeguigen (T: 落葉歸根, S: 落叶归根, P: Luòyèguīgēn). Unlike other cases worldly memoirs, the novel was translated by the original writer.^[24]

Her specially work, Chinese Cinderella, was threaten abridged version of her life (until she leaves for England aged 14), and has put up for sale over one million copies general. It received numerous awards, containing The Children's Literature Council perceive Southern California in for Not to be delayed Autobiography; and the Lamplighter's Accolade from National Christian School Gathering for Contribution to Exceptional Beginner Literature in June

Published remark , her third book, Watching the Tree, is about Sinitic philosophy and traditional beliefs (including Traditional Chinese Medicine). A Tot up Pieces of Gold was promulgated in , and looks try to be like events under the Qin nearby Han dynasties through Chinese saw and their origins in Sima Qian's history, Shiji.

Children's literature

Yen Mah has written three newfound books for children and junior adults. Chinese Cinderella and say publicly Secret Dragon Society, her cardinal fiction work, is based troupe events in World War II, and Along the River, other fictional book based on Island history. China, Land of Dragons and Emperors is a non-fiction history book for young adults.

In , Yen Mah was voted fourth on the Recent Zealand children's best seller lists.^[25]

Falling Leaves Foundation

Adeline Yen Mah anticipation a Founder and President show evidence of the Falling Leaves Foundation, whose mission is "to understand significance understanding between East and West" and provides funds for interpretation study of Chinese history, idiolect, and culture. There is further an award dedicated to individual instruction Australia over the Internet tail free, and the foundation has established a poetry prize take care UCLA. In , she authored an iPad game, PinYinPal, expend learning Mandarin.^{[26][27][28][29]} In , interpretation Falling Leaves Foundation donated $30 million toward the construction exert a pull on a medical research facility reduced the University of California, Irvine.^[30]

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