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{{infobox Chinese|child=yes|order=st|s=闵安琪|t=閔安琪|p=Mín Ānqí}}
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'''Anchee Min
==Life==
Min was born in Shanghai on January 14, 1957. Her parents were both teachers.<ref>{{Cite news|url=
When Min was 17, she was sent to a collective farm<ref>{{Cite news|url=
At the collective farm, Min was discovered by a team of talent scouts from the [[Shanghai Film Studio]] and was selected to become an actress for her ideal "proletarian good looks."<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=
After moving to the US, Min worked five jobs at the same time<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://nationalwritersseries.org/programs/an-evening-with-anchee-min/|title=An Evening with Anchee Min - National Writers Series|website=National Writers Series|date=January 24, 2014 |language=en-US|access-date=2016-05-25}}</ref> and learned English by, among others, watching ''[[Sesame Street]]''.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=
Min is opening bisexual.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Min |first=Anchee |date=March 21, 2017 |title=Anchee Min on X: "June 2015-Gay marriage legalized in the U.S.! As a bisexual woman I am ecstatic :)" |url=https://x.com/MinAnchee/status/844329973695463424 |access-date=September 23, 2024 |website=X}}</ref> Her first husband was a Chinese artist named Qigu Jiang. They had a daughter, Lauryann, who attended [[Stanford University]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://asiasociety.org/texas/overcoming-odds-author%25E2%2580%2599s-success-daughter%25E2%2580%2599s-talents-forged-%25E2%2580%2598self-worth%25E2%2580%2599|title=Overcoming Odds, Author's Success & Daughter's Talents Forged 'Self Worth'|website=Asia Society|access-date=2016-04-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160420064104/http://asiasociety.org/texas/overcoming-odds-author%25E2%2580%2599s-success-daughter%25E2%2580%2599s-talents-forged-%25E2%2580%2598self-worth%25E2%2580%2599|archive-date=April 20, 2016|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> According to Min herself, she "lured [Qigu] into marriage, making herself pregnant by him although she knew he did not want a child" and subsequently their marriage fell apart.<ref name=":0" />
She graduated from the [[School of the Art Institute of Chicago]] with a B.F.A. and M.F.A. in Fine Arts.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://voices.cla.umn.edu/artistpages/min_anchee.php|title=Anchee Min|work=Voices from the Gaps|publisher=University of Minnesota|accessdate=June 8, 2013}}</ref>▼
In 1999, Min married teacher and writer Lloyd Lofthouse.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://nationalwritersseries.org/programs/an-evening-with-anchee-min/ | title=Anchee Min | date=January 24, 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Lloyd Lofthouse (author) on AuthorsDen |url=http://www.authorsden.com/lloydlofthouse |access-date=2022-09-04 |website=AuthorsDen.com}}</ref> She filed for divorce in 2014,<ref>{{Cite web |title=ANCHEE MIN VS. LLOYD LOFTHOUSE |url=https://unicourt.com/case/ca-ccc-anchee-min-vs-lloyd-lofthouse-302219 |access-date=2022-09-04 |website=UniCourt |language=en}}</ref> and it was finalized in 2015.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-04-06 |title=Failing at Dating the Third Time around at Seventy-Two |url=https://lloydlofthouse.org/2018/04/06/failing-at-dating-the-third-time-around-at-seventy-two/ |access-date=2022-09-04 |website=Lloyd Lofthouse |language=en}}</ref>
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==Bibliography==
===Memoirs===
* ''[[Red Azalea]]'' (Pantheon Books, 1994, {{ISBN
*''[[The Cooked Seed: A Memoir]]''. Bloomsbury USA, May 7, 2013, {{ISBN
===Fiction===
*''[[Katherine (
*''[[Becoming Madame Mao]]'' (Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin. {{ISBN
*{{cite book|title=Wild Ginger: A Novel|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TqlPR48QIr4C|accessdate=June 8, 2013|date=January 1, 2004|publisher=Houghton Mifflin Harcourt|isbn=978-0-547-34937-4}}
*''[[Empress Orchid]]'' Bloomsbury Publishing Incorporated, 2004, {{ISBN
*''[[The Last Empress (novel)|The Last Empress]]'' (Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2007, {{ISBN
*''[[Pearl of China: A Novel]]''. Bloomsbury Publishing, April 9, 2010, {{ISBN
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==Further reading==
* {{cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2000/06/09/the-many-lives-of-anchee-min/|title=THE MANY LIVES OF ANCHEE MIN |newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]|date=2000-06-09}}
==External links==
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* [http://ancheemin.com Official website]
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*{{cite web | last = Wang | first = Annie | title=Anchee Min's Passionate World|url=http://www.chineseculture.net/ancheemin.html| year=1999}}
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