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　　出生于美国的一个华裔移民家庭，谭恩美没有像母亲希望的那样成为一位医生或者钢琴家，而是选择了当一个小说家。她的很多作品，如《喜福会》、《沉没之鱼》、 《灶神之妻》、《灵感女孩》 、《接骨师之女》都成为纽约时报畅销小说。她的作品还包括一部回忆录——《事与愿违》，和两部儿童读物——《月亮夫人》和《傻瓜猫》。同时， 她也常为《纽约客》、《时尚芭莎》、《国家地理》等众多知名杂志供稿。她的作品已被翻译成包括西班牙语、法语、芬兰语、中文、阿拉伯语和希伯来语在内的35种语言。

中美文化艺术论坛嘉宾谭恩美

　　谭恩美与荣-巴斯共同编剧和制作了由她的同名小说改编的电影《喜福会》。此外，她还担任《傻瓜猫》剧组的创意顾问，该少儿节目由PBS电视台出品， 在英国、拉丁美洲、香港、中国大陆、台湾以及新加坡等多个国家和地区内播放。她在《纽约客》杂志上发表的小说《不朽的心》被搬上了舞台，在美国和法国演 出。她还以卡通形象客串出演过动画片《辛普森家庭》。2008年，她以编剧的身份参与了由她同名小说改编、由音乐家斯图尔特-华莱士编曲的歌剧《接骨师之 女》的制作团队。她还和另外三名畅销书作家史蒂芬-金、戴夫-贝瑞以及斯科特-特罗组成了“畅销书作家乐队”——Rock Bottom Remainders，负责节奏和铃鼓部分的演奏。虽然乐队成员的音乐天赋还有待证实，但他们每年的表演都为多个文学项目带来上百万美元的捐赠。

　　谭恩美在斯坦福大学、牛津大学，雅盖隆大学、北京大学以及乔治城大学等众多全球知名大学做过演讲。她的作品还被选入众多大学和中学教材当中。谭女士目前正投入她全新作品的创作当中。

　　Born in the U.S. to immigrant parents from China, Amy Tan rejected her mother’s expectations that she become a doctor and concert pianist. She chose to write fiction instead. Her novels are The Joy Luck Club, The Kitchen God’s Wife, The Hundred Secret Senses, The Bonesetter’s Daughter, and Saving Fish from Drowning, all New York Times bestsellers. She is also the author of a memoir, The Opposite of Fate, two children’s books, The Moon Lady and Sagwa, The Chinese Siamese Cat and numerous articles for magazines, including The New Yorker, Harper’s Bazaar, and National Geographic. Her work has been translated into 35 languages, from Spanish, French, and Finnish to Chinese, Arabic, and Hebrew。

　　Ms Tan served as Co-producer and Co-screenwriter with Ron Bass for the film adaptation of The Joy Luck Club. She was the Creative Consultant for Sagwa, the Emmy-nominated PBS television series for children, which aired worldwide, including in the UK, Latin America, Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, and Singapore. Her story in The New Yorker, “Immortal Heart,” was performed on stages throughout the U.S. and in France. Tan appeared as herself in the animated series “The Simpsons。” She wrote the libretto for an opera based on her novel, The Bonesetter’s Daughter, music by Stewart Wallace. It had its world premiere at the San Francisco Opera in 2008. Ms Tan’s other musical work for the stage is limited to serving as lead rhythm dominatrix, backup singer, and second tambourine with the literary garage band, the Rock Bottom Remainders, whose members include Stephen King, Dave Barry, and Scott Turow. In spite of their dubious talent, their yearly gigs have managed to raise over a million dollars for literacy programs。

　　Ms Tan has lectured internationally at universities, including Stanford, Oxford, Jagellonium, Beijing, and Georgetown both in Washington DC and Doha, Qatar. Her essays and stories are found in hundreds of anthologies and textbooks, and they are assigned as “required reading” in many high schools and universities. Tan is currently at work on a new novel。