Denise Chong
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Denise Chong was raised in Prince George, British Columbia, Canada. Chong was an economist with the Department of Finance in Ottawa and an economic advisor to Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. After a trip to see her relatives in China, Chong wrote the story of her grandmother's horrific life as an mehr anzeigen adolescent concubine sold to an immigrant in Vancouver. The story first appeared in Saturday Night Magazine and was later expanded into its book form, The Concubine's Children. Chong is also the editor of The Penguin Anthology of Stories by Canadian Women. (Bowker Author Biography) weniger anzeigen
Bildnachweis: Denise Chong, Oct. 5, 2009, University of British Columbia, Canada about the story of the man who defaced Chairman Maos portrait during the protests in Tiananmen Square in 1989
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- 1953-06-09
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- Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Prince George, British Columbia, Canada
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- University of British Colombia (BA|Economics|1975)
University of Totonto (MA|Economics and Public Policy|1978) - Berufe
- economist
political adviser - Beziehungen
- Smith, Roger (CTV correspondent) (husband)
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- Task Force on the Participation of Visible Minorities in the Federal Public Service
McGill Institute for the Study of Canada
National Advisory Board on Culture Online - Preise und Auszeichnungen
- honorary doctorate, University of Northern British Columbia
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- Born in Vancouver, British Columbia in 1953, Chong was raised in Prince George.[1] She worked as an economist with the Department of Finance. From 1980 to 1984, she served in the Prime Minister's Office as an economics advisor to late Pierre Trudeau.
Her career in writing began with the discovery of her family's roots in China, which led to her memoir, The Concubine's Children: Portrait of a Family Divided, which won the City of Vancouver Book Award in 1994,[2] the Edna Staebler Award,[3] and the VanCity Book Prize, and was for 93 weeks on the bestseller list of The Globe and Mail. Her adaptation of her memoir for the stage premiered at Nanaimo's Port Theatre in 2004. Her second book is The Girl in the Picture: The Story of Kim Phuc, the Photograph, and the Vietnam War. Both books were finalists for the Governor-General's Literary Non-Fiction Award, have been translated into several languages.
Denise Chong has continued her involvement in public life. She has served on many public boards, task forces, and committees, including the Task Force on the Participation of Visible Minorities in the Federal Public Service, the National Advisory Board on Culture Online, and the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada. Chong has an honorary doctorate from the University of Northern British Columbia.
Chong lives in Ottawa, Ontario, with her husband, CTV reporter Roger Smith, and her two children, Jade and Kai.
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Der Großvater der Autorin Chan Sam nahm 1924 ihre Großmutter May-ying in Kanada als zweite Frau. In weiten Teilen verdiente sie das ganze Geld sowohl für die Familie in Kanada als auch in China. Ihre ersten beiden Kinder werden traditionsgemäß der kinderlosen Ehefrau Chan Sams in China übergeben. Die jüngere Tochter, die Mutter der Autorin, bliebt in Kanada.
Dass May-Ying kein glückliches Leben hat, zur Alkoholikerin wird und als Mensch hart und ungerecht ist, überrascht nicht wirklich.
Dennoch ist es für die Tochter in Kanada und alle Angehörigen, auch den Adoptivsohn, kein leichte Leben. Das Buch zeigt anhand von Briefen udn anderen Dokumenten, auch Bildern, auf, wie dieses zerrissene Leben zwischen Kanada und China gelebt wurde, in politisch schwierigen Zeiten.
Die Mutter Winnie schafft es, sich zu lösen und schließlich auch die Annäherung an China und die Familie dort.
Ich fand das Buch allerdings nicht allzu spannend geschrieben, eher additiv. Daher war ich trotz des guten Thema versucht, nur 3 Punkte zu geben.… (mehr)