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Amy Tan

1952 - Today

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Amy Ruth Tan (born February 19, 1952) is an American author best known for her novel The Joy Luck Club (1989), which was adapted into a 1993 film. She is also known for other novels, short story collections, children's books, and a memoir. Tan has earned a number of awards acknowledging her contributions to literary culture, including the National Humanities Medal, the Carl Sandburg Literary Award, and the Common Wealth Award of Distinguished Service. Tan has written several other novels, including The Kitchen God's Wife (1991), The Hundred Secret Senses (1995), The Bonesetter's Daughter (2001), Saving Fish from Drowning (2005), and The Valley of Amazement (2013). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2024). Amy Tan is the 6,040th most popular writer (down from 5,493rd in 2024), the 10,362nd most popular biography from United States (down from 8,168th in 2019) and the 756th most popular American Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Amy Tan ranks 6,040 out of 7,302. Before her are Sándor Bródy, Vladimir Tendryakov, Ingvar Ambjørnsen, Francis Marion Crawford, Ferreira de Castro, and Ali Smith. After her are Can Dündar, Yury Kazakov, Rufus Wilmot Griswold, Nedim Gürsel, Nicholas Meyer, and Farley Mowat.

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Among people born in 1952, Amy Tan ranks 552. Before her are John Kasich, Carsten Jensen, Marcia Fudge, René Simões, Jean Rouaud, and Bill Belichick. After her are Klaus-Dietrich Flade, Reinhard Häfner, Narada Michael Walden, Ole Rasmussen, Frans Thijssen, and Cleopas Dlamini.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Amy Tan ranks 10,364 out of 20,380. Before her are Cornel West (1953), Thomas Bopp (1949), Esther Phillips (1935), Charles F. Hockett (1916), John Heysham Gibbon (1903), and Red Mitchell (1927). After her are Tommy Kono (1930), Carmine Caridi (1934), Norman Alden (1924), Chris Hillman (1944), Rufus Wilmot Griswold (1815), and Jon Tenney (1961).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Amy Tan ranks 756. Before her are Steven Saylor (1956), Tara Westover (1986), Tom Brokaw (1940), Henry Jenkins (1958), Charles Brackett (1892), and Tim O'Brien (1946). After her are Rufus Wilmot Griswold (1815), Nicholas Meyer (1945), Lin Carter (1930), Mike Godwin (1956), Jonathan Safran Foer (1977), and Chaz Bono (1969).

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