Frank Chin (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
Biography
Frank Chew Chin, Jr., was born on February 25, 1940, in Berkeley, California, to a family prominent in the Chinese American community. His great grandmother owned a famous brothel, and his father was the president of the Chinese Six Companies, a combined business group and benevolent association. At the time, Chin's birth was exceptional; because of discriminatory laws, few Chinese women were allowed into the United States until the late 1940's.
At first, Chin's parents could not take care of him—his mother was only fifteen when he was born—and he was...
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