Frank Chin
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Frank Chin (趙健秀; pinyin: Zhào Jiànxiù) (born February 25, 1940) is a Chinese-American author and playwright.
Frank Chin was born in Berkeley, California, but was raised to the age of six by a retired Vaudeville couple in Placerville, California. At six his mother brought him back to the San Francisco Bay Area to live in Oakland Chinatown. He attended college at the University of California, Berkeley. He received an American Book Award in 1989 for a collection of short stories, and another in 2000 for Lifetime Achievement. He currently resides in Los Angeles, California.
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[edit] Bibliography
[edit] Plays
- The Chickencoop Chinaman (1971)
- The Year of the Dragon (1976) (this was the first play by an Asian-American to be produced on Broadway) ISBN 0-295-95833-2
[edit] Books
- Aiieeeee: An Anthology of Asian American Writers (1974) (Co-editor, contributor) ISBN 0-385-01243-8
- The Chinaman Pacific and Frisco R.R. Co (1988) ISBN 0-918273-44-7
- Donald Duk (1991) ISBN 0-918273-83-8
- The Big AIIEEEEE!: An Anthology of Chinese American and Japanese American Literature (1991) (Co-editor, contributor) ISBN 0-452-01076-4
- Gunga Din Highway (1994) ISBN 1-56689-037-3
- Bulletproof Buddhists and Other Essays (1998) ISBN 0-8248-1959-4
- Born in the USA: A Story of Japanese America, 1889-1947 (2002) ISBN 0-7425-1852-3
[edit] Movies
The Year of the Dragon was an adaptation of Chin's play of the same name. Starring George Takei, the film was televised in 1975 as part of the PBS Great Performances series.
What's Wrong with Frank Chin is a 2005 biographical documentary about Chin's life.
[edit] References
- Kim, D. Writing Manhood in Black and Yellow: Ralph Ellison, Frank Chin, and the Literary Politics of Identity (Stanford 2005) ISBN 0-8047-5109-9
- Goshert, J. (2000) "Frank Chin is Not a Part of This Class!" Thinking at the Limits of Asian American Literature Jouvert
- Hong, T. (1995) Searching for Frank Chin A. Magazine
- Richardson, S. (1999) Lessons of "Donald Duk."-Novel by Frank Chin-Critical Essay MELUS
[edit] External links
- Official site for the film What's Wrong with Frank Chin
- Frank Chin at the Internet Movie Database
- Frank Chin Papers at the California Ethnic and Multicultural Archives
