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Kim Thúy
AuthorBooks · Second handSince 1968
Kim Thúy Ly Thanh, CM CQ is a Vietnamese-born Canadian writer. Kim Thúy was born in Vietnam in 1968. At the age of 10 she left Vietnam along with a wave of refugees commonly referred to in the media as “the boat people” and settled with her family in Quebec, Canada. A graduate in translation and law, she has worked as a seamstress, interpreter, lawyer, and restaurant owner. The author has received many awards, including the Governor General’s Literary Award in 2010, and was one of the top 4 finalists of the Alternative Nobel Prize in 2018. Her books have sold more than 850,000 copies around the world and have been translated into 31 languages and distributed across 43 countries and territories. Kim Thúy lives in Montreal where she devotes her time to writing.
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Curiosities about Kim Thúy
Birth
1968
Death
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First book
2009
Years writing
17
Kim Thúy was born in 1968 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
Before becoming a writer, she worked as both a lawyer and a restaurateur.
Her most internationally acclaimed work is the novel titled Ru.
The author has published a total of eight books throughout her career.
Her writing deeply explores identity and the experience of living in Quebec.