Chapter 6: Students and Teachers Mark Salzman

Mark Salzman (1959-)

Mark Salzman was born in Greenwich, Connecticut, and educated at Yale University. Salzman learned Chinese partly by working as a dishwasher in a Chinese restaurant. After graduation, he accepted a job teaching English at the Hunan Medical College in Changsha, China. His experience there is the basis for his memoir, Iron and Silk: A Young American Encounters Swordsmen, Bureaucrats, and Other Citizens of Contemporary China (1987). In 1991, Salzman wrote Laughing Sutra: a Novel, and The Soloist, another novel, was published in 1994. A memoir, Lost in Place: Growing Up Absurd in Suburbia was published in 1996. Author Links Mark Salzman, The Laughing Sutra This site features a review by Donna Scanlon of Salzman's novel, The Laughing Sutra (1991) which includes some biographical information and commentary on his style. Mark Salzman Page This review of Salzman's memoir provides biographical detail about Salzman in condensed form.

"Teacher Wei" Mark Salzman, The Laughing Sutra Mark Salzman Page

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