Lilian Lee

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Lilian Lee, also spelled as Lillian Lee (李碧華), is a Chinese novelist best known as the author of Farewell My Concubine, adapted as a movie by Chen Kaige. She is the author of about ninety books in her native Hong Kong.

Born Lee Bak (李白) in Taishan, Guangzhou, she was a graduate of True Light Middle School.

Several of her novels have been adapted into films:

Rouge (1987)
Farewell My Concubine (1993)
Green Snake (1993)
Temptation of a Monk (1993)
Dumplings (2004)

[edit] External links and references

"Farewell My Concubine: Author Biography." Novels for Students. Ed. Marie Rose Napierkowski. Vol. 19. Detroit: Gale, 1998. BookRags.com. January 2006. 19 June 2006.
Lilian Lee at the Internet Movie Database

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