Anchee Min: Difference between revisions

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=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/06/18/magazine/the-re-education-of-anchee-min.html|title=The Re-education of Anchee Min|last=Scott|first=A. O.|date=2000-06-18|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=2016-04-10}}</ref> She eventually won the lead role in a propaganda film inspired by [[Jiang Qing|Madame Mao.]]<ref name=":1" /> However, the film was never completed.<ref name=":1" /> After [[Mao Zedong]]'s death and the subsequent fall of Jiang Qing,<ref name=":1" /> Min was ostracized and treated badly. She was depressed and considered suicide.<ref name=":1" /> With the assistance of her friend, American actress Joan Chen, and the sponsorship of her aunt living in Singapore, Min obtained a passport and applied to the [[School of the Art Institute of Chicago]].<ref name=":1" /> She then emigrated to the United States. As she was initially entering the country, she was nearly deported when it was discovered that, contrary to what she had put on her visa application, she did not speak English. However, she was able to convince the immigration officer to allow her to enter into the country.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/10116718/Anchee-Min-If-I-had-stayed-in-China-I-would-be-dead.html|title=Anchee Min: 'If I had stayed in China, I would be dead'|last=Bertodano|first=Helena de|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|date=2013-07-04|access-date=2018-04-23|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235}}</ref>

 

 

Min's first husband was a Chinese artist named Qigu. Together they had a daughter, Lauryann (who attends [[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" />