Lin Tai-yi (; April 1, 1926 – July 2003) was a Chinese-American writer, editor and translator. She was also known as Anor Lin or Lin Wu-Shuang. The daughter of

Lin Yutang Lin Yutang (10 October 1895 – 26 March 1976) was a Chinese inventor, linguist, novelist, philosopher, and translator. One scholar commented that Lin's "particular blend of sophistication and casualness found a wide audience, and he became a ma ...

, she was born in

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and came to the United States with her family when she was ten. Lin was educated at

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. She taught Chinese at

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. She married Richard Ming Lai, a Hong Kong official and the couple moved to

Hong Kong Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...

. Lin was the Editor-in-Chief for the Hong Kong ''

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'' from 1965 to 1988. She also wrote for various magazines. Lin and her family moved to

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in 1988. She wrote her first novel ''War Tide'' (1943) at the age of 17. Her sister

Adet Lin Adet Lin (; May 6, 1923 – 1971) was a China, Chinese-American novelist and translator. She also published under the name Tan Yun. She was also known as Lin Rusi. Biography The oldest daughter of Lin Yutang, she was born in Xiamen, Amoy and ...

was also a writer. The two sisters translated ''Girl Rebel'', the autobiography of Xie Bingying.

Selected works

Source: * ''Our Family'', autobiography (1939) with Adet Lin and Mei Mei Lin * ''Dawn over Chungking'', autobiography (1941) with Adet Lin * ''War Tide'', novel (1943) * ''The Golden Coin'', novel (1946) * ''The Eavesdropper'', novel (1959) * ''The Lilacs Overgrow'', novel (1960) * ''Kampoon Street'', novel (1964)

References

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