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Kim Thúy

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Canadian writer

WritersBorn 1968 · age 58
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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.

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2026honorary doctorate at the Laval University
2023Companion of the Order of Canada
2018Women of Distinction Awards
2015Knight of the National Order of Quebec
2011Mondello Prize
2010Governor General's Awards
2010Grand prix RTL-Lire
2010prix du grand public du Salon du livre de Montréal - La Presse
2010Governor General's Literary Awards

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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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Born 1968 · age 58
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