Anchee Min, Chinese-American painter, photographer, and author was born on January 14, 1957.

January 14, 1957

Anchee Min, Chinese-American painter, photographer, and author was born on January 14, 1957.

Anchee Min or Min Anqi is a Chinese-American author who lives in San Francisco and Shanghai. Min has published two memoirs, Red Azalea and The Cooked Seed: A Memoir, and six historical novels. Her fiction emphasizes strong female characters, such as Jiang Qing, the wife of chairman Mao Zedong, and Empress Dowager Cixi, the last ruling empress of China.