Tao Lin

American novelist (1983-)
Person Human Q4567898

Facts

16 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[20]
Date of birth
July 2, 1983
Place of birth
Alexandria
Country of citizenship
United States[9]
Official website
www.taolin.us[24]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[25]
Family name
Lin[23]
Social media followers
35k (30k–35k, n=4)[26][27][28][29]
🏷️ Also known as
en Tao Lin ar تاو لين fa تاو لین ja タオ・リン ko 린타오 ko 타오 린 zh 林韜 zh-hans 林韬
🔖 Identifiers · 36
VIAF cluster ID
161951272
Library of Congress Authorities ID
no2007064808
GND ID
137545169
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Tao Lin in 2010 (cropped).jpg ↗
BIBSYS ID
2134968
BNB person ID (OBSOLETE)
LinTao1983-
Babelio author ID
207568
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
16576032c
CONOR.SI ID
242244963
Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf11964146
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DBC author ID
87097969928684
Europeana entity
agent/base/90309
FAST ID
1968251
Flemish Public Libraries ID
000046421
Freebase ID
/m/025wtg1
Goodreads author ID
161218
IdRef ID
159139643
J9U entity ID
987009050169305171
Libris-URI
gdsw41z0375xpw5
NDL Authority ID
01173722
National Library of Lithuania ID
LNB:DOQ4;=BE
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID
XX4892239
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
315013974
Open Library ID
OL5488107A
Penguin Random House author ID
156086
Perlentaucher ID
tao-lin
Quora topic ID
Tao-Lin
RERO ID (legacy)
A020277393
SELIBR ID
379770
University of Barcelona authority ID
981058513635106706
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJgCHGVYQJC9Xjc8CckCcP
X (Twitter) username
tao_lin

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Occupation 4
Genre 2
Influenced by 2
Country of citizenship 1
Educated at 1
Employer 1
Family name 1
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Instance of 1
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
Place of birth 1
Sex or gender 1
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Summary

Tao Lin was born on July 2, 1983[1], in Alexandria[2]. He has worked as a novelist[3], writer[4], poet[5], film director[6], and essayist[7].

FAQs

Where was Tao Lin born?

Tao Lin's place of birth was Alexandria[2].

Who was Tao Lin married to?

Tao Lin's spouses include Megan Boyle[8].

What did Tao Lin do for work?

Tao Lin worked as a novelist[3], writer[4], poet[5], film director[6], and essayist[7].

Where did Tao Lin go to school?

Tao Lin was educated at New York University[12] and Lake Howell High School[13].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [13] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [4] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [5] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [6] ↑ . mubi.com. mubi.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [7] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [1] ↑ . Babelio. wikidata.org.
  17. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Printstream · 2026-11-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #65759: add GND as source to unsourced or imported places and occupations"
  2. 25w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation → novelist, writer, poet +1
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #32086: import P21 and P106 from GND (28)"
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