Wang Menghan (Chinese: 王梦菡), also known as Tau Tau (Chinese: 中国桃), is an author and filmmaker.[1] She was born in Harbin and grew up in Shanghai. She lived in North Africa for many years and now lives in Berlin.[1]

Wang Menghan
Wang Menghan
Wang Menghan
Native name
王梦菡
BornHarbin, Heilongjiang, China
Pen nameTau Tau
LanguageChinese, English, Italian, German

Introduction edit

At the age of 16, she published her first novel, The Ivory Fairytale (Chinese: 象牙童话), based on her life in Shanghai No. 3 girls’ high school.[1] This book was later adapted for the screen and won the national award of Chinese Central Ministry of Culture for TV film and radio drama script.[2] She wrote columns for periodicals such as Der Bund and Shanghai Times. In 2005, she published collections of column articles, Qing Ren Di Tu (Chinese: 情人地图) and Ye Ren Bu Luo (Chinese: 野人部落).[3] Her novel Foxy (Chinese: 狐香) was published in 2008, and Shake Shake, North Africa (Chinese: 北非,摇摇摇) in 2011.[1]

In 2015 she wrote and directed the short film Angry Fruits Hotel.[citation needed] In 2016, she produced the Germany-China co-production feature film Open Wound, which won 21 international film awards including a best producer award in 2017 at Hollywood International Moving Pictures Film Festiva.[4] Her feature debut movie NO ZUO NO DIE, written and directed by herself, started filming in Hessen, Germany.[citation needed]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d "Chinese female filmmakers Cross director on the Berlin International Film Festival". cjmx. Retrieved 2016-02-16.
  2. ^ "又是炒作?"非诚勿扰"女嘉宾中国桃出书惹争议(组图)_网易新闻中心". news.163.com. Archived from the original on 2017-02-25.
  3. ^ "Tau Tau: a gorgeous ending as a writer". xzbu. Retrieved 2012-05-13.
  4. ^ "The winners list for twenty-ninth reading writing contest of Zeng Hua Ge". Zhenjiang daily. Retrieved 2017-01-14. [dead link]