MAYA LIN
ARCHITECT
Maya Lin rose to fame in 1981. When she
was just 21 years old and still an architectural
student at Yale University, Lin won a contest
to design the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in
Washington, D.C. Her design beat out more
than 1,400 entries. The Memorial's 594-foot
granite wall features the names of the more
than 58,000 U.S. soldiers who died during
the Vietnam War. Today, Lin's designs can be
found in several American cities and continue
to inspire the entire nation.
AMY TAN
NOVELIST
Amy Tan was born in 1952 in Oakland,
California, the daughter of Chinese parents
who had immigrated to the United States
three years earlier. She gained international
attention in 1989 when her first novel was
published. The Joy Luck Club, is a story about
Chinese women and their Chinese-American
daughters. The book has been translated
into 25 languages and has been made into a
movie. In addition to her best-selling novels,
Tan has also written two children's books,
The Moon Lady and Sagwa.
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