Who is Geling Yan?
Geling Yan is a Chinese-American author and was once a ballet dancer. Geling was born in Shanghai in 1958. She began performing as a ballet dancer at 12, and worked as a journalist in the Sino-Vietnamese War.

Yan's first husband was Kewei Li, son of writer Zhun Li. After divorcing Li, Yan later remarried Laurence A. Walker, a U.S. diplomat. They have an adopted daughter, Yanyan.

In 2011, Yimou Zhang adapted Yan's novel, The Flowers of War, into a hit movie. In 2014, her novel, The Prisoner Lu Yanshi, was adapted by Zhang into the movie Coming Home.
Quem é o Geling Yan?
Geling Yan é uma escritora chinesa-americana e uma ex-dançarina de balé. Geling nasceu em Xangai em 1958. Ela começou a atuar como dançarina de balé aos 12 anos e trabalhou como jornalista na Guerra Sino-Vietnamita. O primeiro marido de Yan foi Kewei Li, filho do escritor Zhun Li. Depois de se divorciar de Li, Yan mais tarde se casou novamente com Laurence A. Walker, um diplomata dos EUA.