Lilian Lee, also spelled as Lillian Lee (李碧華), is a Chinese novelist born in Taishan, Guangzhou. She is best known as the author of Farewell My Concubine, adapted as a movie by Chen Kaige. She is the author of about thirty books in her native Hong Kong. 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)
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.
- IMDB entry
Trivia
Her original name was Li Pi-Hua (pinyin), or Li Pik-Wah (Cantonese).
