Mian Mian
Mian Mian (born 28 August 1970 in Shanghai) is a Chinese Post 70s Generation novelist. She writes on China's once-taboo topics, and she is a promoter of Shanghai's local music. Her publications have earned her the reputation as China's literary wild child.
Mian Mian
- Name
- Mian Mian (棉棉)
- Birth Name
- Wang Shen
- Born
- 28 August 1970
- Occupation
- Novelist
- Movement
- Hooligan Literature
- Nationality
- People's Republic of China
- Languages
- Standard Chinese
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Biography
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Her first novel, Candy (糖), has been translated into English. Her other works include Every good child deserves to eat candy (每个好孩子都有糖吃), a collection of short stories. Her novel We Are Panic was made into a movie, Shanghai Panic (2001), in which she also acted one of the lead roles. In late 2009, she sued Google after the company scanned her books for its online library. She demanded and a public apology. Google later removed the book from its library. She appeared in the 2013 documentary Google and the World Brain.
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Key facts
• Name — Mian Mian (棉棉) • Native Name — 棉棉 • Birth Name — Wang Shen • Born — 28 August 1970 • Occupation — Novelist • Language — Chinese • Movement — Hooligan Literature • Notable Works — Candy • Children — Daughter: Prudence
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Mian Mian appears in the authority records of the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek as a writer, actress and screenwriter (born 1970). The birth of Mian Mian is recorded in 1970.
Translated works
Translated works
• Candy (糖 Táng), 2003
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The Deutsche Nationalbibliothek records Schanghai as a place of activity.
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Life and career
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1970
Mian Mian born at Shanghai.
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 129889253, Mian Mian.
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- Getty Union List of Artist Names 500378184, Mian, Mian.
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q275114: Mian Mian
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- “Mian Mian”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- 1.Mackey, Michael. Asia Times Online Banned in China for sex, drugs, disaffection. www.atimes.com.
- 2.Google is sued by Chinese author Mian Mian (BBC)
- 3.Debruge, Peter. Review: 'Google and the World Brain'. Variety. February 4, 2013.
- 4.BBC. Author Mian Mian challenges China.
- 5.Publishers Weekly. Fiction Book Review: Candy.
- 6.PBS. Nototious Writer, Forbidden Stories Read Excerpys from Candy.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 5
- 啦啦啦 (lā lā lā, La la la), 1997 ( )
- 糖 (Táng, Candy), 2000 ( )
- 每个好孩子都有糖吃 (Měige Hǎoháizi Dōu Yǒu Táng Chī, Every good child deserves to eat candy), 2002 ( )
- 社交舞 (Shèjiāo Wǔ, Social dance), 2002, ( ) (English: "Social dance", nonfiction)
- 熊猫 (Xióngmāo, Panda), 2004 ( )
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Gemeinsame Normdatei 129889253, Mian Mian.Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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Getty Union List of Artist Names 500378184, Mian, Mian.The Getty Research Institute
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