Adet Lin
Adet Lin (Chinese: 林鳳如; pinyin: Lín Fèngrú; Wade–Giles: Lin Feng-ju; May 6, 1923 – 1971) was a Chinese-American novelist and translator. She also published under the name Tan Yun.[1] She was also known as Lin Rusi.[2]
Adet Lin | |
|---|---|
| Born | Lin Feng-ju May 6, 1923 |
| Died | 1971 (age 48) |
| Cause of death | Suicide (hanging) |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Columbia University |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Spouse | Richard Biow |
| Parent | Lin Yutang |
| Family | Milton Biow (father-in-law) Patricia Biow Broderick (sister-in-law) Matthew Broderick (nephew) |
Biography
The oldest daughter of Lin Yutang, she was born in Amoy and came to the United States at the age of thirteen.[1] With her sisters Tai-yi and Mei Mei, she published Our Family, an autobiographical work, in 1939. In 1940, with Tai-yi, she published Girl Rebel, a translation of the autobiography of Xie Bingying. The sisters published a second book, Dawn over Chungking, in 1941. After studying at Columbia University, she went on to work for the American Bureau for Medical Aid to China from 1943 to 1946. Afterwards, she returned to the United States and worked for the United States Information Agency and the Voice of America.[3]
She published her first novel Flame from the Rock in 1943; the book is set in China during the Second Sino-Japanese War.[4]
On May 1, 1946, she married Richard Biow, son of advertising executive Milton H. Biow.[5][6]
Selected works
Her works include:[4]
- Our Family (1939), with Lin Tai-yi (Anor Lin)
- Dawn over Chungking (1941), with Lin Tai-yi (Anor Lin) and Lin Mei Mei
- Flame from the Rock (1943), under pseudonym Tan Yun
- The Milky Way and Other Chinese Folk Tales (1961)
- Flower Shadows, translation of Tang dynasty poetry (1970)
References
- Fister, Barbara (1995). Third World Women's Literatures: A Dictionary and Guide to Materials in English. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 183–84. ISBN 0313289883.
- Qian, Suoqiao (2011). Liberal Cosmopolitan: Lin Yutang and Middling Chinese Modernity. p. 252. ISBN 978-9004192133.
- Xu, Wenying (2012). Historical Dictionary of Asian American Literature and Theater. pp. 166–67. ISBN 978-0810873940.
- Nelson, Emmanuel Sampath (2000). Asian American Novelists: A Bio-bibliographical Critical Sourcebook. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 204–06. ISBN 0313309116.
- Qian, Suoqiao (October 20, 2017). Lin Yutang and China's Search for Modern Rebirth. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 396. ISBN 978-9811046568.
- "Adet Lin, 23, daughter of Chinese author Lin Yutang, and her husband, Richard M. Biow, 26, are shown in their apartment in Charlestown, Mass., after their marriage was revealed by the brides father who announced they had eloped". Mount Carmel Item. May 6, 1946.