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Geling Yan's Blog
July 17, 2009
- My father-in-law's ashes were buried July 9, 2009. Here is the service his son, my husband Lawrence A. Walker, wrote and led:Thank you all for coming to remember our husband, father, teacher and friend, Dr. Lawrence David Walker. We have chosen this particular cemetery, Mount Olivet, for several reasons. It is an historical place, established in 1874, and therefore a proper place for an ...
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June 26, 2009
- If ever a fashion magazine or fashion photographer asks you to do a glamor photo shoot, just say "yes." It's amazing what they can do. Here are eight photos posted on China.org.cn.
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February 11, 2009
- We have posted six blog entries on my late father-in-law, Dr. Lawrence D. Walker. This one puts them all together with hyperlinks. From my husband, Lawrence Arthur Walker, son of Lawrence David Walker:My father, Dr. Lawrence David Walker, passed away on January 27, 2009. After his passing, I channeled some of my grieving into a 21st Century pastime: blogging. Especially for those who ...
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February 10, 2009
- From my husband on the music played at the wake of my late father-in-law:Dad loved all kinds of good music. We put together a selection of fifteen of his favorite tracks on a CD and played them at his wake, not to sum him up but to evoke him. Where the songs are in hyper-text, I took a short video of Dad's memorial shrine with these songs playing in the background: "Down to the River ...
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February 10, 2009
- From my husband about my late father-in-law:While he read relatively little fiction other than works by Laurens van der Post, but he loved well-crafted films, especially classic films. Toward the end, he had too much difficulty moving and required too much oxygen to go out and see a movie, so at Christmas 2007, I gave him a subscription to Netflix. He enjoyed it so much that he had to suspend ...
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February 10, 2009
- From my husband regarding his late father:Dad was always reading something. When we picked up the area around his chair, I took a moment to record the books that he had gathered around him at the time that he died. This is what I found:Born to Kvetch by Michael Wex. This is a very colorful history of the Yiddish language. I know he read this before, and he sent me a copy in 2006. I ...
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February 10, 2009
- From my husband, regarding final arrangements for my father-in-law:On Monday, February 2, two days after the wake, we transferred my father’s urn to the mantelpiece, and my mother, Greg and I went to Mt. Olivet Cemetery to choose a burial plot. Mt. Olivet is an unusual cemetery. It was established in 1874 by act of Congress and was put under the jurisdiction (and, very important in the ...
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February 10, 2009
- This is an entry from my husband regarding memorial observances for his beloved father, my beloved father-in-law, Dr. Lawrence David Walker: My father, Lawrence David Walker, passed away in Salt Lake City peacefully at 7:25 a.m. on Tuesday, January 27, 2009, aged 77, in Salt Lake City with my mother at his side. My brother Greg and I arrived to join my mother in Salt Lake City on the evening ...
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January 29, 2009
- We mourn the passing of my beloved father-in-law, Lawrence David Walker, on January 27, 2009. Below are his obituary published in the Salt Lake Tribune and a short eulogy that his son, my husband Lawrence Arthur Walker, also wrote for a memorial card that was distributed at his wake. Lawrence David Walker, Ph.D. Dr. Lawrence David Walker (Larry) of Salt Lake City passed away on January 27, ...
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January 21, 2009
- On June 7, 2004, Geling Yan appeared in an event in New York City hosted by PEN American Center called “Foreign Exchanges.” It is a series that features authors whose work has been translated into English. Amy Tan interviewed her, and the event also featured dramatic readings of passages of Geling Yan’s work. It was followed by a Q and A session. The total time of the event was 87 ...
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January 17, 2009
- "Tinkling Bells Three People Walking" 鏘鏘三人行 aired a Half-hour Chinese-language interview in three parts on "Forever Enthralled," biopic of Mei Lanfang -- 梅兰芳 -- directed by Chinese film director Chen Kaige, for which Geling Yan wrote the script. Part A Part B Part C
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January 15, 2009
December 26, 2008
- Very fortunate to receive two awards in December 2008 -- a really nice way to end the year: Best Writer of 2008, awarded by Sina.com, December 2008. (Sina.com is China’s leading online media company, with 280 million registered users worldwide.) 新浪2008年度“最佳作家”。See article.Best Novel of Past Five Years for Little Aunt Tatsuru, awarded by Modern World Publishing Company ...
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December 16, 2008
- In December, the movie Mei Lan Fang (Forever Enthralled) was released in mainland China and Taiwan. Script was written by Geling Yan, with extensive input from director Chen Kaige (Farewell my Concubine). The movie stars Leon Lai and Ziyi Zhang. It is expected to be released in the U.S. and other markets in 2009. The movie trailer can be viewed in the "media" section of this ...
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December 16, 2008
- Have signed with Creative Work Literary Agency of Hong Kong to market translation rights outside North America for works orignally published in Chinese. They find it useful to have a page that shows all foreign (i.e., non-Chinese-language) rights sold to date. Here it is: Foreign rights sold as of Dec 2008BANQUET BUG:US - HyperionCzech – Kniha Zlin EuroRomania - MinervaUK - Faber & ...
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