American author Sigrid Nunez (born in 1951) is the daughter of a Chinese Panamanian father and a German mother. She was raised in New York City, in Brooklyn and Staten Island. Nunez has described her cultural upbringing as primarily German, though her mother never taught her the language. Nunez saw little of her father, who worked long hours at various Chinese restaurants.
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