Diana Chang

Diana Chang
Born 1934 (age 77–78)
New York
Occupation novelist
Nationality American
Genres novel, poetry
Notable work(s) The Frontiers of Love
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Diana Chang (born 1934) is a Chinese American novelist and poet. She is best known for her novel The Frontiers of Love, one of the earliest novels by an Asian American woman. She is considered to be the first Chinese American (born in the States) to publish a novel in the States.[1]

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Biography

Early life

Chang was born in New York to a Chinese father and Eurasian mother, but spent her youngest years in China, including Beijing, Nanking, and Shanghai.[1] She attended high school in New York, and graduated from Barnard College. After graduation, she worked as a book editor.[2] She has also worked as the editor for the PEN-sponsored journal American Pen and as a creative writing teacher at Barnard.[1]

Literary work

Chang's best known work is The Frontiers of Love. Although early Asian Americans (e.g. Frank Chin) criticized Chang, the next generation of critics, many of them women, realized that Chang's novel anticipates contemporary questions of ethnic identity (e.g. diaspora); her work has more recently been read in terms of postmodernity and hybridity.[1] Although critical work on Chang has increased since the republication of Frontiers, critics have preferred to examine her Asian-themed works; her "white" novels are only recently getting attention.[1]

Other work

Marriage and children

Philosophical and/or political views

Published works

Novels

Poetry

Awards

See also

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References

  1. ^ a b c d e Roh-Spaulding, Carol. "Diana Chang (1934- )" pp. 38-43 IN: Nelson, Emmanuel S. (ed. and preface); Asian American Novelists: A Bio-Bibliographical Critical Sourcebook. Westport, CT: Greenwood; 2000.
  2. ^ Hamalian, Leo. A MELUS Interiew: Diana Chang MELUS 20.4

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