Da Chen Explained

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. 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. 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. After the publications of his memoirs, he also taught writing at Fairfield University and New York University.

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

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  1. Web site: Maughan. Shannon. 2020-01-02. Obituary: Da Chen. 2020-07-30. Publishers Weekly.
  2. News: Charles. Eleanor. 2003-01-19. The Guide. en-US. The New York Times. 2020-07-30. 0362-4331. registration. Da Chen to Give Talk[...]His memoir is titled, Color of the Mountain, and its sequel is Sounds of the River..
  3. http://www.fairfield.edu/cas/mfa_faculty.html MFA in Creative Writing - Faculty
  4. Book: Chen, Da. A Montanha e o Rio. 2006. Nova Fronteira. Rio de Janeiro. 978-85-209-1992-7. dust jacket. pt.
  5. Web site: Da Chen » Biography. dachen.org. 19 September 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20180802071254/http://dachen.org/about/. 2 August 2018. dead.
  6. Web site: Kirch. Claire. 2019-05-31. BookExpo 2019: Sisterhood Is Powerful for Children's Book Authors. 2020-07-30. Publishers Weekly.
  7. News: Rogers. John. 2019-12-24. 'Colors of the Mountain' author Da Chen dies at 57. 2020-07-30. Associated Press.
  8. Web site: Da Chen. albany.edu. 19 September 2016.
  9. Web site: Biographies/Autobiographies/Memoirs . Tucson-Pima County Library . 1 . PDF . Da Chen recently graduated from Columbia Law School on a full scholarship. . 19 September 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170102075745/https://www.bpl.lib.me.us/reference/Booklists_files/3BioAutobioMem.pdf . 2 January 2017 . dead.
  10. Web site: Summer Reading Recommendations. columbia.edu. 19 September 2016. October 9, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161009124505/http://web.law.columbia.edu/media_inquiries/news_events/2005_older/2003/july_2003/summ_reading. dead.
  11. //www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=4766 The Random House "Author's Spotlight" of Da Chen
  12. http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/18/108/55944/Books/World/Ghosts,-grief-and-great-love-in-China-by-Da-Chen.aspx Ghosts, grief and great love in China by Da Chen

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