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Biography

Name: Frank (Chew) Chin, (Jr.)
Variant Name: Frank (Chew) Chin, (Jr.), Frank Chew Chin, Jr., Francisco de Menton
Birth Date: February 25, 1940
Nationality: American
Ethnicity: Chinese, American
Gender: Male

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Biography of Frank (Chew) Chin, (Jr.)
5,143 words, approx. 17 pages
Frank Chin often brags that he was the first Chinese American playwright to have his work produced off Broadway in New York City, and it is true that his literary reputation initially rested upon two plays, The Chickencoop Chinaman and The Year of the...


Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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Frank Chin Information
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Frank Chin (趙健秀; pinyin: Zhào Jiànxiù) (born February 25 1940) is an American author and playwright. Frank Chin was born in Berkeley, California, but was raised to the age of six by a retired Vaudeville couple in Placerville, California. At six...


Criticism and Essays
Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by Dorothy Ritsuko McDonald
7,346 words, approx. 25 pages
In the essay below, McDonald analyzes Chin's treatment of Chinese American history in his plays.
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Elaine H. Kim
2,645 words, approx. 9 pages
In the following excerpt, Kim examines Chin's depiction of the struggle to define a uniquely Asian American male identity in The Chickencoop Chinaman and other works.
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Critical Essay by David Hsin-Fu Wand
1,594 words, approx. 5 pages
In the excerpt below, Wand asserts that in his plays Chin has "projected onto the stage his own internal conflicts."
 


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